On the evolution of hoarding, risk-taking, and wealth distribution in nonhuman and human populations.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
This paper applies the theory of the evolution of risk-taking in the presence of idiosyncratic and environmental risks to the example of food hoarding by animals and explores implications of the resulting theory for human attitudes toward risk.
Medical subject headings
- Algorithms
- Biological Evolution
- Hoarding
- Risk-Taking