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

Psychology

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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

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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