Sex Differences in Violent versus Non-Violent Life-Threatening Altruism

Many studies on Hamilton's (1964) inclusive fitness theory have used the burning house and kidney donation examples of life-threatening altruism. However, these examples may not be sufficiently exhibiting the risk involved with life-threatening altruism that would have occurred in hunter-gather...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carey J. Fitzgerald, Mitchell B. Whitaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-07-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700309