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In-group loyalty or out-group avoidance? Isolating the links between pathogens and in-group assortative sociality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2012
Abstract
The target article gives two explanations for the correlation between pathogens, family ties, and religiosity: one highlights the benefits of xenophobic attitudes for reducing pathogen exposure, the other highlights the benefits of ethnic loyalty for mitigating the costs when a person falls ill. Preliminary data from traditional societies provide some support for the former explanation but not the latter.
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In-group loyalty or out-group avoidance? Isolating the links between pathogens and in-group assortative sociality
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