Meal sharing among the Ye'kwana

Human Nature

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Hames, Raymond ^a   McCabe, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary ecology; Exchange; Food sharing; Meal sharing; Reciprocal altruism; Ye'kwana (venezuela)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847220329     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02820843     Document Type: Article

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