Selfish altruism, fierce cooperation and the predator

This paper suggests a new way to think about a famous question: what explains cooperation in nature and in particular in humans? I argue that, for an evolutionary biologist as well as a quantitative social scientist, the triangle of two ‘teammates’ in the presence of a predator (passing and shooting...

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Main Author: Nikolaos Askitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Biological Dynamics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2018.1473645