Abstract
The discovery of the altruistic punishment mechanism as a replicable experimental result is a genuine achievement of behavioural economics. The hypothesis that cooperation in hunter-gatherer societies is sustained by altruistic punishment is a scientifically legitimate conjecture, but it must be tested against real-world observations. Guala's doubts about the evidential support for this hypothesis are well founded.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 40 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 01 |
| Early online date | 31 Jan 2012 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2012 |