Reply to Skoyles: Misplaced assumptions of perfect human prosociality

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

Volumn 108, Issue 42, 2011, Pages

  Horner, Victoria ^a   Carter, J Devyn ^a   Suchak, Malini ^a   De Waal, Frans B M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BIRTH ORDER; CHIMPANZEE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80054798541     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1114208108     Document Type: Letter

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