| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| School or College |
College of Social & Behavioral Science |
| Department |
Anthropology |
| Creator |
Wiessner, Pauline W. |
| Title |
On emergency decisions, egalitarianism, and group selection |
| Date |
1998-06 |
| Description |
Boehm (CA 37:763-93) puts forward an important thesis-that with the evolution of egalitarian societies, privileged routes to reproductive advantage are blocked and the power of individua selection severely compromised. With competition so constrained, altruistic behavior can more readily spread in a population. This has implications at two levels. |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
University of Chicago Press |
| Volume |
39 |
| Issue |
3 |
| First Page |
356 |
| Last Page |
358 |
| Subject |
Boehm's mode; Evolution of altruistic behavior |
| Subject LCSH |
Altruism; Evolutionary psychology |
| Language |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
Wiessner, P. W. (1998). On emergency decisions, egalitarianism, and group selection. Current Anthropology, 39(3), 356-8. |
| Rights Management |
(c) University of Chicago Press http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/loi/ca |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
169,193 bytes |
| Identifier |
ir-main,1840 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s62z1pvn |
| Setname |
ir_uspace |
| ID |
704523 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62z1pvn |
