The social strategy game

Human Nature

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Rucas, Stacey L ^a   Gurven, Michael ^b   Kaplan, Hillard ^c   Winking, Jeffrey ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Experimental economics; Resource competition; Social networks; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953322764     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-010-9079-z     Document Type: Article

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