Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 375-387 , September 2005

Altruistic punishing and helping differ in sensitivity to relatedness, friendship, and future interactions

  • Rick O'Gorman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
    • ,
  • David Sloan Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
    • Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA. Tel.: +1 607 777 4393; fax: +1 607 777 6521.
    • ,
  • Ralph R. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA

Received 26 January 2004 ,Accepted 17 December 2004.

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PII: S1090-5138(04)00112-6

doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.12.006

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 375-387 , September 2005

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