Paper for discussion 3

Evolution of cooperation

Blue jay
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Question for tutorial

Do the Iterated Prisoners Dilemma and Tit for Tat help to understand the evolution of cooperation?

Required readings

Stephens, D. W., C. M. McLinn and J. R. Stevens. 2002. Discounting and reciprocity in an iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma. Science 298: 2216-2218.

Additional, optional references

Axelrod, R. and W. D. Hamilton. 1981. The evolution of cooperation. Science 211: 1390-1396.

Connor, R. C. 1995. Altruism among non-relatives: alternatives to the ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10: 84-86.

Heinsohn, R. G. and C. Packer. 1995. Complex cooperative strategies in group-territorial African lions. Science 269: 1260-1262.

Legge, S. 1996. Cooperative lions escape the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Trends Ecol. Evol. 11: 2-3.

Clements, K. C. and D. W. Stephens. 1995. Testing models of non-kin cooperation: mutualism and the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Animal Behaviour 50: 527-535.

 

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