The effects of extra-somatic weapons on the evolution of human cooperation towards non-kin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Phillips, Tim ^a   Li, Jiawei ^b   Kendall, Graham ^b,c  

^a Independent researcher   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; EXTRA SOMATIC WEAPON; INTEGRATED PRISONER DILLEMA MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVAL TIME; WEAPON; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEAPONS;

EID: 84900460488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095742     Document Type: Article

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