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Evolution of warfare by resource raiding favours polymorphism in belligerence and bravery.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 23 May 2022
Mullon Charles, Lehmann Laurent
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From protists to primates, intergroup aggression and warfare over resources have been observed in several taxa whose populations typically consist of groups connected by limited genetic mixing. Here, we model the coevolution between four traits relevant to this setting: (i) investment into common-pool resource production within groups (helping); (ii) proclivity to raid other groups to appropriate their resources...
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