More 'altruistic' punishment in larger societies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1634, 2008, Pages 587-590

  Marlowe, Frank W ^a   Berbesque, J Colette ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural economics games; Evolution of cooperation; Social complexity; Strong reciprocity; Third party punishment

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION SIZE; RECIPROCITY;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SOCIETY;

EID: 38549134381     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1517     Document Type: Article

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