Strength determines coalitional strategies in humans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1667, 2009, Pages 2589-2595

  Benenson, Joyce F ^a,b   Markovits, Henry ^c   Thompson, Melissa Emery ^d   Wrangham, Richard W ^b  

^a EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalitional strategies; Cooperation; Friendship; Perceived strength

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEURISTICS; HOMINID; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COALITION; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REWARD; STRENGTH; TECHNIQUE;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 67650446749     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0314     Document Type: Article

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