Evolution of division of labor: Emergence of different activities among group members

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-79

  Nakahashi, Wataru ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS); Evolutionary branching; Learning strategy; Social system

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HOMINID; LABOR DIVISION; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVISION OF LABOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP DYNAMICS; HOMINID; LEARNING; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; SKILL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIETY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GROUP PROCESSES; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896376320     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.01.027     Document Type: Article

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