Natural cooperators: Food sharing in humans and other primates

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 186-195

  Jaeggi, Adrian V ^a   Gurven, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperation; Food transfers; Hunter gatherers; Reciprocity; Social tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD TRANSFERS; HUMAN; HUNTER-GATHERERS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RECIPROCITY; SOCIAL TOLERANCE;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATION; FOOD TRANSFERS; HUNTER-GATHERERS; RECIPROCITY; SOCIAL TOLERANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMATES;

EID: 84881645767     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21364     Document Type: Article

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