Not all altruism is alike, says new study
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 14:00
in Psychology & Sociology
(Phys.org) -- Not all acts of altruism are alike, says a new study. From bees and wasps that die defending their nests, to elephants that cooperate to care for young, a new mathematical model pinpoints the environmental conditions that favor one form of altruism over another.
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