Evolution of responses to (un)fairness

Science

Volumn 346, Issue 6207, 2014, Pages

  Brosnan, Sarah F ^a   De Waal, Frans B M ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; KINSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANTICIPATION; APE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; CONSANGUINITY; COOPERATION; DOCUMENTATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MATING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; REWARD; SPECIES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HOMINID; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; REWARD; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84908112300     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1251776     Document Type: Review

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