Lethal coalitionary aggression and long-term alliance formation among Yanomamö men

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

Volumn 111, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 16662-16669

  Macfarlan, Shane J ^a   Walker, Robert S ^b   Flinn, Mark V ^b   Chagnon, Napoleon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fraternal interest groups; Internal warfare; Male coalitions; Strategic alliances; Yanomam

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONSANGUINITY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LETHAL COALITIONARY AGGRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; YANOMAMI (PEOPLE); AGGRESSION; COOPERATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

AGGRESSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84912100067     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418639111     Document Type: Article

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