On the evolutionary origins of the egalitarian syndrome

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

Volumn 109, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 14069-14074

  Gavrilets, Sergey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander; Despotic; Hawk dove

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; COMPASSION; COMPETITION; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EGALITARIAN SYNDROME; EMPATHY; EVOLUTION; FIGHTING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; HUMAN RELATION; LOGIC; MORALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGY; SIMULATION; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BULLYING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PHILYPNODON;

EID: 84865542297     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201718109     Document Type: Article

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