Parochial altruism in humans

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7105, 2006, Pages 912-915

  Bernhard, Helen ^a   Fischbacher, Urs ^a   Fehr, Ernst ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Collegium Helveticum   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; PAROCHIAL ALTRUISM; SOCIAL NORMS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ALTRUISM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; POLITICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 33747838775     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04981     Document Type: Article

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