Contingency in the evolutionary emergence of reciprocal cooperation

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 303-316

  André, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Evolution of cooperation; Mechanistic constraints; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; COGNITION; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECIPROCITY;

PRIMATES; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84922748635     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679625     Document Type: Article

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