How important are affiliation and cooperation? A reply to Sussman et al.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 522-523

  Koenig, Andreas ^a   Borries, C ^a   Doran Sheehy, D M ^a   Janson, C H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPETITION; COOPERATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 33751042452     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20466     Document Type: Note

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