Simulating the evolution of the human family: cooperative breeding increases in harsh environments.

Verbal and mathematical models that consider the costs and benefits of behavioral strategies have been useful in explaining animal behavior and are often used as the basis of evolutionary explanations of human behavior. In most cases, however, these models do not account for the effects that group s...

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Main Authors: Paul E Smaldino, Lesley Newson, Jeffrey C Schank, Peter J Richerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3835414?pdf=render