Punishment sustains large-scale cooperation in prestate warfare

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

Volumn 108, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 11375-11380

  Mathew, Sarah ^a   Boyd, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Cultural group selection; Parochialism; Pastoralists; Public goods

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; WAR;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WAR;

EID: 79961006798     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105604108     Document Type: Review

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