Evolutionary foundations of human prosocial sentiments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 10910-10917

  Silk, Joan B ^a   House, Bailey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness; Prosocial preferences; Punishment

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; APE; CALLITRICHINAE; CEBUS; CHIMPANZEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPATHY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 79960622887     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100305108     Document Type: Article

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