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The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour. I

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A genetical mathematical model is described which allows for interactions between relatives on one another's fitness and a quantity is found which incorporates the maximizing property of Darwinian fitness, named “inclusive fitness”.
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This article is published in Journal of Theoretical Biology.The article was published on 1964-07-01. It has received 14730 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Darwinian Fitness & Kin selection.

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Attachment theory within a modern evolutionary framework

TL;DR: The second edition has been substantially revised and expanded to incorporate significant recent advances in theory, research, and clinical applications as mentioned in this paper, which is more than just the standard reference on attachment.
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The Innate Mind: Structure and Contents

TL;DR: The first volume of a projected three-volume set on the subject of innateness is The Innate Mind: Structure and Content as mentioned in this paper, which brings together the top nativist scholars in philosophy, psychology, and allied disciplines.
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Human altruism: economic, neural, and evolutionary perspectives.

TL;DR: Experimental evidence and evolutionary models suggest that strong reciprocity, the behavioral propensity for altruistic punishment and altruistic rewarding, is of key importance for human cooperation, and recent brain imaging studies show that mutual cooperation and the punishment of defectors activate reward related neural circuits.
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Cooperation in male lions: kinship, reciprocity or mutualism?

TL;DR: In this paper, the presence of intruder male lions elicited cooperative behaviour of male coalitions resident with prides of females, and this cooperation is not conditional on either kinship or the behaviour of a male's companions.
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Helpers in fish

TL;DR: Field data show that in the cichlid fish Lamprologus brichardi conspecifics other than the reproducing pair help in brood care and territory maintenance, with the expected degree of relatedness decreasing with the helper's age.
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Animal dispersion in relation to social behaviour

TL;DR: Wynne-Edwards has written this interesting and important book as a sequel to his earlier (1962) Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behaviour, and reviewing it has proven to be a valuable task for one who normally is only at the periphery of the group selection controversy.
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The herring gull's world.