Partner choice creates competitive altruism in humans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1610, 2007, Pages 749-753

  Barclay, Pat ^a   Willer, Robb ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive altruism; Cooperation; Costly signalling; Reputation; Trust

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SIGNALING;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; TRUST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; COMMUNICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW YORK; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33947540875     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0209     Document Type: Article

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