Evolution of Social Behavior is a theoretical framework in behavioral ecology that explains the development and maintenance of cooperative, altruistic, and competitive interactions among organisms through the lens of natural selection and kinship dynamics.
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Robert Axelrod, W D Hamilton · Science · 1981 · 20.3K citations
The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I
W D Hamilton · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1964 · 15.9K citations
Richard P. Nielsen, Robert Axelrod · Academy of Management Review · 1985 · 6.5K citations
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.
Gerhard Lenski, Edward O. Wilson · Social Forces · 1976 · 6.3K citations
The genetical evolution of social behaviour. II
W D Hamilton · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1964 · 4.1K citations
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