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Towards the elucidation of evolution of out-group aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2019

Nobuhiro Mifune  and
Dora Simunovic
Nobuhiro Mifune
Affiliation:
School of Economics & Management, Kochi University of Technology, Eikokuji, Kochi City, Kochi 780-8515, Japann.mifune@gmail.com
Dora Simunovic
Affiliation:
Field C, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, 28759 Bremen, Germany. doras@bigsss-bremen.de
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Abstract

We focus on the implications of De Dreu and Gross's findings for the evolutionary perspective on out-group aggression and in-group cooperation. Although their experimental protocols are potentially useful in determining the origins of out-group aggression in humans, they so far provide inconclusive evidence only. We suggest ways of furthering our understanding of the connection between parochial cooperation and intergroup conflict.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e133
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