Human uniqueness-self-interest and social cooperation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-270

  Okada, Daijiro ^a,b   Bingham, Paul M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b Center for Children and Childhood Studies   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of coercion; Elite throwing; Human fossil record; Kinship independent cooperation; Scale of cooperation; Synchronous attackers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; KINSHIP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COOPERATION; COST; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GAME; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

COERCION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 45649083169     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.02.041     Document Type: Article

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