Reciprocal altruism

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Behavior And Behavioral Ecology subtree

Trivers 1971: altruistic behaviour evolves when recipients reciprocate, provided benefit > cost × discount factor. Tit-for-tat in iterated Prisoner's Dilemma (Axelrod-Hamilton 1981).

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