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Human Cooperation: The Race to Give

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Abstract

An analysis of online charity donations reveals that, when males make large donations to attractive female fundraisers, other males respond in kind, providing field evidence for ‘competitive altruism’ in which helpful acts are used as a display to attract partners.

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Author(s): Roberts G

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Current Biology

Year: 2015

Volume: 25

Issue: 10

Pages: R425-R427

Print publication date: 18/05/2015

Online publication date: 18/05/2015

Acceptance date: 19/03/2015

ISSN (print): 0960-9822

ISSN (electronic): 1879-0445

Publisher: Cell Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.045

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.045

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