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Explaining altruistic behavior in humans

Herbert Gintis, Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles, Samuel Bowles, R. Boyd, E. Fehr

2003.5.1EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

DOI: 10.1016/s1090-5138(02)00157-5

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Evidence supporting strong reciprocity as a schema for predicting and understanding altruism in humans is presented, and it is shown that under conditions plausibly characteristic of the early stages of human evolution, a small number of strong reciprocators could invade a population of selfregarding types.

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GINTIS, Herbert, et al. Explaining altruistic behavior in humans. EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 2003, 24: 153–172.