Exploring the Evolution of Altruistic Punishment with a PDE Model of Cultural Multilevel Selection
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DOI: 10.1007/s11538-025-01422-4
Abstract: Two mechanisms that have been used to study the evolution of cooperative behavior are altruistic punishment, in which cooperative individuals pay additional costs to punish defection, and multilevel selection, in which competition between groups can… read more here.
Keywords: pde; multilevel selection; competition; altruistic punishment ... See more keywords
Steady-State and Dynamical Behavior of a PDE Model of Multilevel Selection with Pairwise Group-Level Competition
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DOI: 10.1007/s11538-025-01476-4
Abstract: Evolutionary competition often occurs simultaneously at multiple levels of organization, in which traits or behaviors that are costly for an individual can provide collective benefits to groups to which the individual belongs. Building off of… read more here.
Keywords: multilevel selection; selection; group; competition ... See more keywords
Re-examining balinese subaks through the lens of cultural multilevel selection
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DOI: 10.1007/s11625-017-0453-1
Abstract: Overcoming environmental challenges requires understanding when and why individuals adopt cooperative behaviors, how individual behaviors and interactions among resource users change over time, and how group structure and group dynamics impact behaviors, institutions, and resource… read more here.
Keywords: cultural multilevel; system; group; selection ... See more keywords
Multilevel selection as Bayesian inference, major transitions in individuality as structure learning
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190202
Abstract: Complexity of life forms on the Earth has increased tremendously, primarily driven by subsequent evolutionary transitions in individuality, a mechanism in which units formerly being capable of independent replication combine to form higher-level evolutionary units.… read more here.
Keywords: bayesian inference; multilevel selection; individuality; transitions individuality ... See more keywords
Nations as Natural Families: From Kin Selection to Multilevel Selection
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DOI: 10.1111/nana.70023
Abstract: In nationalism studies, nations are often viewed as artificial constructs. By contrast, many sociobiologists see nations as natural families or kin groups. They explain altruism and shared ancestry among co‐nationals through kin selection theory, which… read more here.
Keywords: multilevel selection; kin selection; natural families; nations natural ... See more keywords