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The complexity of human sharing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Eric Alden Smith
Eric Alden Smith*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA98195-3100http://faculty.washington.edu/easmith/
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Abstract:

Although an excellent review, the target article displays a bias in favor of reciprocity-based explanations and against alternatives. Tolerated scrounging is more subtle and pervasive than portrayed here. Costly signaling need not be limited to public displays and generalized sharing. The theoretical basis for extensive sharing and other forms of collective action remains unresolved, and standard reciprocity-based explanations are insufficient.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 567 - 568
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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