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Understanding cooperation through fitness interdependence

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  • Athena Aktipis

    (Arizona State University)

  • Lee Cronk

    (Rutgers University)

  • Joe Alcock

    (University of New Mexico)

  • Jessica D. Ayers

    (Arizona State University)

  • Cristina Baciu

    (Arizona State University)

  • Daniel Balliet

    (VU Amsterdam)

  • Amy M. Boddy

    (University of California, Santa Barbara)

  • Oliver Scott Curry

    (University of Oxford)

  • Jaimie Arona Krems

    (Oklahoma State University)

  • Andrés Muñoz

    (Arizona State University)

  • Daniel Sullivan

    (University of Arizona)

  • Daniel Sznycer

    (University of Montreal, Montreal)

  • Gerald S. Wilkinson

    (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Pamela Winfrey

    (Arizona State University)

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.

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  • 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 , 2018. "Understanding cooperation through fitness interdependence," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 2(7), pages 429-431, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:2:y:2018:i:7:d:10.1038_s41562-018-0378-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0378-4
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    1. Lee Cronk & Athena Aktipis, 2021. "Design principles for risk-pooling systems," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 5(7), pages 825-833, July.

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