Robert Trivers (1971) proposed that altruistic behavior can evolve if it is reciprocal, meaning that if individual A performs an act with benefit bB for individual B and cost cA for A, then B reciprocates with an act with benefit bA for A and cost cB for B, provided that bA outweighs cA and bB outweighs cB.

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