Game theory and human evolution: a critique of some recent interpretations of experimental games

DOI10.1016/J.TPB.2005.09.005MaRDI QIDQ2500403zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Edward H. Hagen, Peter Hammerstein

Publication date 23 August 2006

Published in Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2005.09.005

zbMATH Keywords

AltruismBehavioral economicsCultural group selectionStrong reciprocityUltimatum game

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other game-theoretic models (91A40) Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10) Problems related to evolution (92D15)

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