Costly punishment across human societies

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5781, 2006, Pages 1767-1770

  Henrich, Joseph ^a   McElreath, Richard ^b   Barr, Abigail ^c   Ensminger, Jean ^d   Barrett, Clark ^e   Bolyanatz, Alexander ^f   Cardaroas, Juan Camilo ^g   Gurven, Michael ^h   Gwako, Edwins ⁱ   Henrich, Natalie ^a   Lesoronol, Carolyn ^j   Marlowe, Frank ^k   Tracer, David ^l   Ziker, John ^m  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Academic Alternatives and Instructional Support   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ GUILFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^j WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^k HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COSTS; GENES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR; COSTLY PUNISHMENTS; HUMAN SOCIETIES; INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COST; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; VARIANCE;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELANESIA; PUNISHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SIBERIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745496132     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1127333     Document Type: Article

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