Ontogeny of prosocial behavior across diverse societies

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

Volumn 110, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 14586-14591

  House, Bailey R ^a   Silk, Joan B ^b   Henrich, Joseph ^c   Barrett, H Clark ^a   Scelza, Brooke A ^a   Boyette, Adam H ^d   Hewlett, Barry S ^d   McElreath, Richard ^e   Laurence, Stephen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Gene culture coevolution; Population differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FORAGER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; ONTOGENY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; COOPERATION; ECUADOR; FIJI; HUMAN RELATION; NAMIBIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NAMIBIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883311391     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221217110     Document Type: Article

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