The Evolution of Human Ultrasociality
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Competition and conflict might increase between-group migration.
“Generally, competition and conflict might increase between-group migration (Richerson & Boyd, 1998: 81).”
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A crucial resource hunter-gatherers might have been fighting for, also between groups, could have been women.
“Moreover, a crucial resource hunter-gatherers might have been fighting for, also between groups, could have been women (Chagnon, 1988: 986;Ehrlich, 2000: 212;Richerson & Boyd, 1998: 81).”
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- Authors
- Richerson, P. J., & Boyd, R.
- Venue
- Indoctrinability, Ideology and Warfare
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Published
- 1998-10-01
- Pages
- 71-96
- OpenAlex
- W4387086732
- Cited by
- 187
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 11.62
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Berghahn Books (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
- Keywords
- human evolution, social evolution, cooperation, kin selection, reciprocal altruism
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