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Why is Altruism towards Kin so Rare?
Author(s) -
RUBENSTEIN DANIEL I.,
WRANGHAM RICHARD W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1980.tb01254.x
Subject(s) - altruism (biology) , next of kin , kin selection , psychology , social psychology , biology , evolutionary biology , political science , law
When individuals have the opportunity to invest in offspring or siblings who are equally closely related and helpless, they should invest in offspring. Two reasons are proposed. Both depend ultimately on the fact that if Ego invests in kin other individuals may not behave in Ego's best interest.