Kin recognition: evidence that humans can perceive both positive and negative relatedness.

doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02553.x

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Kin recognition: evidence that humans can perceive both positive and negative relatedness.

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Aug 2012

Krupp D B, DeBruine L M, Jones B C, Lalumière M L

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The evolution of spite entails actors imposing costs on 'negative' relatives: those who are less likely than chance to share the actor's alleles and therefore more likely to bear rival alleles. Yet, despite a considerable body of research confirming that organisms can recognize positive relatives, little research has shown that organisms can recognize negative relatives. Here, we extend previous work on human...

Topics

Adolescent
Face
Female
Humans
Male
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Perception
Phenotype
Sexual Behavior
Social Behavior
Trust
Young Adult

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PMID: 22694177
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02553.x

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