Robert Trivers concluded that for altruism to evolve, natural selection must favor more acute abilities to detect cheating, because individuals who accept the benefits of altruism without paying the cost of reciprocation would otherwise drive altruism to extinction.

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  Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• natural selection concept
• altruism concept
• reciprocity concept
• Robert Trivers entity