Exploring the Evolved Concept of Newcomer: Experimental Tests of a Cognitive Model

Enduring human coalitions face the adaptive problem of integrating new members. Although newcomers can provide benefits (e.g., additional labor), newcomers can also create costs (e.g., by free riding). Due to the unique adaptive problems they pose, we hypothesize that the mind contains an evolved co...

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Main Authors: Andrew W. Delton, Aldo Cimino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-04-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491000800214