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Models inconsistent with altruism cannot explain the evolution of human cooperation

View ORCID ProfileKristian Ove R. Myrseth and Conny E. Wollbrant
PNAS May 3, 2016 113 (18) E2472; first published April 18, 2016; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1602463113
Kristian Ove R. Myrseth
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vol. 113 no. 18 E2472
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1602463113
PubMed: 
27091958

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue May 3, 2016.
  • Published first April 18, 2016.


Author Information

  1. Kristian Ove R. Myrsetha,1 and
  2. Conny E. Wollbrantb,1
  1. aSchool of Management, University of St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9RJ, United Kingdom;
  2. bDepartment of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: kom{at}st-andrews.ac.uk or conny.wollbrant{at}economics.gu.se.
  • Author contributions: K.O.R.M. and C.E.W. conceived the argument and wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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