Cooperation and Reciprocal Altruism

12/12/02

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Cooperation and Reciprocal Altruism

Evolution of cooperation

Reciprocal Altruism

The prisonerís dilemma

The Iterated Prisonerís Dilemma

Beyond tit-for-tat

Vampire bat food sharing

Costs and benefits of food sharing

Survival gain of food sharing

Chimpanzee food sharing

Cotton-top tamarin food sharing

Alliance formation

Egg-trading in polychaetes and bass

Predator inspection in fish

Predator inspection - mirror expt

Social grooming in antelope

Implications for human behavior

Author: Jerry Wilkinson

Email: gw10@umail.umd.edu

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