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News Release 10-070
Coordinated Punishment Leads to Increased Cooperation in Large Groups
Researchers report a new model that explains how cooperation is obtained and maintained in human societies
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Image shows a Maasai tribe at dawn in Kenya. This image is an example of a human society with maintained cooperation. How this cooperation originates and is maintained is the topic of this paper by Boyd and colleagues.
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Image shows Maasai morans tribesman in Kenya. This image is an example of a human society with maintained cooperation. How this cooperation originates and is maintained is the topic of this paper by Boyd and colleagues.
Credit: © 2010 JupiterImages Corporation
The researchers' findings appear in the April 30, 2010, issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2010
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