Institutions, Parasites and the Persistence of In-group Preferences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hruschka, Daniel J ^a   Henrich, Joseph ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FAMILY RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THREAT;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; PARASITES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION;

EID: 84877987410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063642     Document Type: Article

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