Social evolution: reciprocity there is.

Taborsky M

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.041

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Social evolution: reciprocity there is.

Taborsky M Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Wohlenstrasse 50a, CH-3032 Hinterkappelen, Switzerland. michael.taborsky@iee.unibe.ch

2013-06-08

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Current biology : CB. - 2013

English The theory of cooperation predicts that altruism can be established by reciprocity, yet empirical evidence from nature is contentious. Increasingly though, experimental results from social vertebrates challenge the nearly exclusive explanatory power of relatedness for the evolution of cooperation.

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