The coevolution of parochial altruism and war

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5850, 2007, Pages 636-640

  Choi, Jung Kyoo ^a   Bowles, Samuel ^b,c  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAR;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COEVOLUTION; CONFLICT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HOLOCENE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UPPER PLEISTOCENE; WAR;

ALGORITHMS; ALTRUISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WAR;

EID: 35548930341     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144237     Document Type: Article

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30. We would like to thank the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the University of Siena for support and Robert Boyd, Ernst Fehr, Steven Le Blanc, Peter Richerson, Robert Rowthorn, Toshio Yamagishi, Polly Wiessner, and Elisabeth Wood for contributions to our research. The authors declare no competing interests.