Kin selection spreads

2022/11/24 by James P. Higham · 1 voice
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

paper · doi:10.7554/elife.84142

openalex publication_date 2022/11/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

By spending more time around infants which physically resemble their own, mandrill mothers may increase how frequently their offspring interact with their paternal half siblings.

Citations

• Fisher's ‘fundamental theorem’ made clear
• The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I
• The genetical evolution of social behaviour. II

Discussions

• A nice summary by James Higham of our recently published article on Second-order kin selection in Mandrills. "Evolution: Kin selection spreadsThanks @nyuprimatology doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]

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