The evolution of fairness: Explaining variation in bargaining behaviour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1750, 2013, Pages

  Lamba, Shakti ^a,b   Mace, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bargaining behaviour; Cultural conformism; Cultural group selection; Cultural norms; Evolution of fairness

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT; ETHNICITY; GROUP SELECTION; HOMOGENEITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

INDIA;

EID: 84869746286     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2028     Document Type: Article

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