To save or not to save your family member’s life? Evolutionary stability of self-sacrificing life history strategy in monogamous sexual populations

To save or not to save your family member’s life? Evolutionary stability of self-sacrificing life history strategy in monogamous sexual populations

Abstract Background For the understanding of human nature, the evolutionary roots of human moral behaviour are a key precondition. Our question is as follows: Can the altruistic moral rule “Risk your life to save your family members, if you want them to save your life” be evolutionary stable? There...

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Main Authors: József Garay, Barnabás M. Garay, Zoltán Varga, Villő Csiszár, Tamás F. Móri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Altruism
Hamilton’s rule
Mating table
Morality
Monogamy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1478-0

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