Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 297-321 , July 2002

Risk and reciprocity in Meriam food sharing

  • Rebecca Bliege Bird

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    • Department of Anthropology, University of Maine, 5773 South Stevens Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5773, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • Douglas W Bird

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Maine, 5773 South Stevens Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5773, USA
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  • Eric Alden Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Geoffrey C Kushnick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Received 1 June 2001 ,Revised 7 January 2002 ,Accepted 13 March 2002.

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