Culture, Altruism, and Conflict Between Ancestors and Descendants

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2641401
AutoresM Kathryn Coe (Indiana University), Amber L Palmer (Film Independent), Craig T Palmer (University of Missouri), Carl L Devito (University of Arizona)
Ano2010
Volume4
Fascículo3
Data de publicação2010-11-07
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStructure and Dynamics eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1554-3374 • E-ISSN: 1554-3374
EditoraCalifornia Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5070/sd943003314
OpenAlexW1517472753
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas19

Anthropologists often recorded the typical amount of kinship altruism - that is, the altruism between individuals who identify one another as kin -- they observed in what they referred to as tribal or traditional societies (e.g., Murdock 1949; Keesing 1975; Fortes 1969; Evans-Pritchard 1940). This altruism, they noted, was extended to very distant kin. This altruism toward distant kin, as several scholars have pointed out (E. O. Wilson, D.S. Wilson), is fundamentally inconsistent with the predictions of kin selection. In this paper, we present a possible solution to this puzzle, and one that does not reply on group selection. To do this we introduce a new evolutionary concept called “ancestor-descendant conflict” and the mathematical formula upon which it is based. The concept of “ancestor-descendant conflict” is a multi-generational diachronic extension of Trivers’ concept of “parent-offspring conflict.” It leads to an extension and revision of Hamilton’s rule “C

Altruism (biology · Ancestor · Descendant · Epistemology · Extension (predicate logic · Genealogy · Inclusive fitness · Kin selection · Kinship · Political science · Reciprocal altruism · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology