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Being human: Conflict: Altruism's midwife

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  • Samuel Bowles

    (Samuel Bowles directs the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, USA, Italy. He is the author of Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions and Evolution. bowles@santafe.edu)

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Generosity and solidarity towards one's own may have emerged only in combination with hostility towards outsiders, says Samuel Bowles.

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  • Samuel Bowles, 2008. "Being human: Conflict: Altruism's midwife," Nature, Nature, vol. 456(7220), pages 326-327, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:456:y:2008:i:7220:d:10.1038_456326a
    DOI: 10.1038/456326a
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    1. Kıbrıs, Arzu & Cesur, Resul, 2023. "Does War Foster Cooperation or Parochialism? Evidence from a Natural Experiment among Turkish Conscripts," IZA Discussion Papers 15969, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Katharina Werner & Ahmed Skali, 2023. "Violent Conflict and Parochial Trust: Lab-in-the-Field and Survey Evidence," HiCN Working Papers 404, Households in Conflict Network.
    3. An, Jiafu & Duan, Tinghua & Hou, Wenxuan & Liu, Xianda, 2020. "The legacy of wars around the world: Evidence from military directors," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    4. Cavatorta, Elisa & Zizzo, Daniel John & Daoud, Yousef, 2023. "Conflict and reciprocity: A study with Palestinian youths," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
    5. Cassar, Alessandra & Grosjean, Pauline & Khan, Fatima Jamal & Lambert, Miranda, 2023. "Mothers, fathers, and others: Competition and cooperation in the aftermath of conflict," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 215(C), pages 207-223.
    6. Alessandra Cassar & Alejandrina Cristia & Pauline Grosjean & Sarah Walker, 2022. "It Makes a Village: Allomaternal Care and Prosociality," Discussion Papers 2022-06, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales.
    7. Muhsin Ali & Karim Khan, 2023. "Violent Conflict and Informal Institutions: Evidence from a Civil Conflict in Pakistan (Article)," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 62(2), pages 235-264.
    8. Whitt, Sam & Wilson, Rick K. & Mironova, Vera, 2021. "Inter-group contact and out-group altruism after violence," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).

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