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Coalition factor in the evolution of non-kin altruism

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Animal behavior is often altruistic. In the frame of the theory of natural selection, altruism can only exist under specific conditions like kin selection or reciprocal cooperation. We show that reciprocal cooperation, which is generally invoked to explain non-kin altruism, requires very restrictive conditions to be stable. Some of these conditions are not met in many cases of altruism observed in nature. In search of another explanation of non-kin altruism, we consider Zahavis's theory of prestige. We extend it to propose a 'political' model of altruism. We give evidence showing that non-kin altruism can evolve in the context of inter-subgroup competition. Under such circumstances, altruistic behavior can be used by individuals to advertise their quality as efficient coalition members. In this model, only abilities which positively correlate with the subgroup success can evolve into altruistic behaviors.
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hal-00616438 , version 1 (22-08-2011)

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Jean-Louis Dessalles. Coalition factor in the evolution of non-kin altruism. Modeling Complexity in Economic and Social Systems, World Scientific, pp.323-353, 2002. ⟨hal-00616438⟩
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