The joint emergence of group competition and within-group cooperation

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 211-217

  Puurtinen, Mikael ^a   Heap, Stephen ^a   Mappes, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Between group competition; Coalitionary aggression; Human cooperation; Parochialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927910270     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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