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On the Original Contract: Evolutionary Game Theory and Human Evolution

  • Alex Rosenberg und Stefan Linquist
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 14. Mai 2016
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Abstract

This paper considers whether the available evidence from archeology, biological anthropology, primatology, and comparative gene-sequencing, can test evolutionary game theory models of cooperation as historical hypotheses about the actual course of human prehistory. The examination proceeds on the assumption that cooperation is the product of cultural selection and is not a genetically encoded trait. Nevertheless, we conclude that gene sequence data may yet shed significant light on the evolution of cooperation.

Published Online: 2016-05-14
Published in Print: 2005-05-01

© 2005 by Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart

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