The evolutionary origin of cooperators and defectors

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5697, 2004, Pages 859-862

  Doebeli, Michael ^a   Hauert, Christoph ^a,c   Killingback, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COOPERATIVE ACTS; COOPERATORS; DEFECTORS; EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

COEXISTENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COOPERATION; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 7444220125     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1101456     Document Type: Article

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