The evolution of altruism in humans

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 575-599

  Kurzban, Robert ^a   Burton Chellew, Maxwell N ^b,c   West, Stuart A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptationism; Conflict; Cooperation; Kinship; Prosociality; Punishment; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN;

ALTRUISM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS;

EID: 84964264714     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015355     Document Type: Article

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