The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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... cooperation pays . But would not defecting pay the defector even more ? Far from evolving , the cooperation would degenerate into cheating , with defectors seizing unrequited good turns . If only everyone would cooperate , everyone ...
... cooperation pays . But would not defecting pay the defector even more ? Far from evolving , the cooperation would degenerate into cheating , with defectors seizing unrequited good turns . If only everyone would cooperate , everyone ...
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... Cooperation between males to monopolize access to a female or a group of females , or to monopolize certain consorts within a group , is not often seen among primates . This is probably hampered in most species by the males being ...
... Cooperation between males to monopolize access to a female or a group of females , or to monopolize certain consorts within a group , is not often seen among primates . This is probably hampered in most species by the males being ...
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... Cooperation . Although a fight is an aggressive conflict between two individuals , and involves no cooperation , a war is an aggressive conflict between two coali- tions of individuals , and would not be possible unless each coalition ...
... Cooperation . Although a fight is an aggressive conflict between two individuals , and involves no cooperation , a war is an aggressive conflict between two coali- tions of individuals , and would not be possible unless each coalition ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Nonhuman Intergroup Agonistic Behavior and Warfare | 3 |
The Adaptive Rationale | 7 |
Copyright | |
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adaptive agonistic behavior animals attack battle belligerence benefits biological cannibalism causes Chagnon chimpanzees civilization coalitions combat competition complex concept conspecifics contest cooperation correlation costs cultural evolution Darwin defense Dennen E.O. Wilson ecological economic enemy escalation evidence evolutionary evolved existence explain females feud fighting function genes genetic group selection hawk hominid hostility human hunter-gatherers hunting hypothesis inclusive fitness increase individual injury instinct interactions intergroup aggression intergroup conflict involved J.L. Brown killing kin selection kinship less lethal males mates matrilocal Maynard Smith military motives natural selection occur organization Otterbein patterns peace polygyny population predators primate primitive societies primitive warfare Q.Wright races raiding reproductive success result revenge ritual sapiens sexual selection social Social Darwinism sociobiology sociocultural evolution species strategy struggle survival tactics territorial theory Tooby tribal tribes Turney-High variables violence warlike warriors wars weapons women Yanomamö