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Contingency in the evolutionary emergence of reciprocal cooperation.

The American naturalist - 1 Mar 2015

André Jean-Baptiste

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Reciprocity is characterized by individuals actively making it beneficial for others to cooperate by responding to them. This makes it a particularly powerful generator of mutual interest, because the benefits accrued by an individual can be redistributed to another. However, reciprocity is a com...

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PMID: 25674686
DOI: 10.1086/679625

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