Public goods, sharing genes, and the formation of large groups

Politics and the Life Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 7-25

  Goetze, David ^a  

^a Political Science Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; GROUP PROCESS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GROUP PROCESSES; HEREDITY; HUMANS; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 55249125512     PISSN: 07309384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2990/26_2_7     Document Type: Review

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