TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Special human vulnerability to low-cost collective punishment
JO  - Behavioral and brain sciences
A1  - Ross, Don
SP  - 37
EP  - 38
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
N2  - Guala notes that low-cost punishment is the main mechanism that deters free-riding in small human communities. This mechanism is complemented by unusual human vulnerability to gossip. Defenders of an evolutionary discontinuity supporting human sociality might seize on this as an alternative to enjoyment of moralistic aggression as a special adaptation. However, the more basic adaptation of language likely suffices.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-525X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X11000896
ID  - ref1
ER  -