Spectacular phenomena and limits to rationality in genetic and cultural evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1427, 2002, Pages 1585-1594

  Enquist, Magnus ^a   Arak, Anthony ^b   Ghirlanda, Stefano ^a   Wachtmeister, Carl Adam ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Archway Engineering (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy; Game theory; Human culture; Manipulation; Neural network models; Non adaptive behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18744381823     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1067     Document Type: Review

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