Reciprocity explains food sharing in humans and other primates independent of kin selection and tolerated scrounging: A phylogenetic meta-analysis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1768, 2013, Pages

  Jaeggi, Adrian V ^a   Gurven, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperation; Food sharing; Kin selection; Meta analysis; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; META-ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; RECIPROCITY; SIZE; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84903301617     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1615     Document Type: Article

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