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Genetic differentiation and the evolution of cooperation in chimpanzees and humans.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Aug 2011

Langergraber Kevin, Schubert Grit, Rowney Carolyn, Wrangham Richard, Zommers Zinta, Vigilant Linda

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It has been proposed that human cooperation is unique among animals for its scale and complexity, its altruistic nature and its occurrence among large groups of individuals that are not closely related or are even strangers. One potential solution to this puzzle is that the unique aspects of human cooperation evolved as a result of high levels of lethal competition (i.e. warfare) between genetically...

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PMID: 21247955
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2592
PMCID: PMC3125631

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