Human prosociality from an evolutionary perspective: variation and correlations at a city-wide scale

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 190-200

  Wilson, David Sloan ^a   O'Brien, Daniel Tumminelli ^a   Sesma, Artura ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Search Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Community based research; Evolutionary theory; Experimental economics; Prosociality; Selfishness; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049115686     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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