Warriors, levelers, and the role of conflict in human social evolution

Science

Volumn 336, Issue 6083, 2012, Pages 876-879

  Bowles, Samuel ^a,b  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ALTRUISM; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MILITARY PHENOMENA; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TAX; WAR;

HARNESS;

EID: 84861206079     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1217336     Document Type: Review

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