Kinship and Cooperation: The axe fight revisited

Human Nature

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 394-416

  Alvard, Michael ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Behavioral ecology; Kin selection; Kinship; Lamalera; Network analysis; Yanomam

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049105430     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-009-9074-4     Document Type: Article

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