Understanding cooperation through fitness interdependence

Athena Aktipis; Lee Cronk; Joe Alcock; Jessica D. Ayers; Cristina Baciu; Daniel Balliet; Amy M. Boddy; Oliver Scott Curry; Jaimie Arona Krems; Andrés Muñoz; Daniel Sullivan; Daniel Sznycer; Gerald S. Wilkinson; Pamela Winfrey

doi:10.1038/s41562-018-0378-4

Understanding cooperation through fitness interdependence

Athena Aktipis, Lee Cronk, Joe Alcock, Jessica D. Ayers, Cristina Baciu, Daniel Balliet, Amy M. Boddy, Oliver Scott Curry, Jaimie Arona Krems, Andrés Muñoz, Daniel Sullivan, Daniel Sznycer, Gerald S. Wilkinson, Pamela Winfrey

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Abstract

Some acts of human cooperation are not easily explained by traditional models of kinship or reciprocity. Fitness interdependence may provide a unifying conceptual framework, in which cooperation arises from the mutual dependence for survival or reproduction, as occurs among mates, risk-pooling partnerships and brothers-in-arms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	429-431
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Human Behaviour
Volume	2
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0378-4
State	Published - Jul 1 2018

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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