Journal article
Hamilton’s rule predicts anticipated social support in humans
- Abstract:
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Hamilton’s rule predicts that individuals should be more likely to altruistically help closer kin and this theory is well supported from zoological studies of nonhumans. In contrast, there is a paucity of relevant human data. This is largely due to the difficulties of either experimentally testing relatives or of collecting data on genuinely costly cooperation. We test Hamilton’s rule in humans by seeing if the availability of help in times of crises is predicted by the degree of genetic rela...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Behavioral Ecology Journal website
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 130-137
- Publication date:
- 2014-09-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2014-08-19
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1465-7279
- ISSN:
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1045-2249
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:524245
- UUID:
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uuid:37627307-09d4-4348-9571-54fe032a7801
- Local pid:
- pubs:524245
- Source identifiers:
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524245
- Deposit date:
- 2019-08-02
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- Copyright holder:
- Burton-Chellew and Dunbar
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Notes:
- © The Authors 2014.
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