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Evolution of Altruism in Viscous Populations: Effects of Altruism on the Evolution of Migrating Behavior

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In the study of the evolution of altruism two possible mechanisms have been distinguished. One is reciprocal altruism, the other is kin selection. This paper focuses on altruism based on kin selection in environments in which there is little migration of individuals (“viscous populations”). Two simulations show that the evolution of evolutionarily stable non-reciprocal altruism is possible in societies with limited dispersal, confirming earlier research [1]. It has been questioned, however, whether these conditions occur in natural situations. This paper demonstrates that if the tendency to migrate is itself represented as a gene controlled by an evolutionary process, a tendency not to migrate evolves among altruists. Thus, the conditions which would allow the evolution of altruism are not merely a matter of coincidence, but are actively selected for, increasing the likelihood that it will be present in natural situations.

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  1. Psychonomics department, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Paul den Dulk & Martijn Brinkers

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  1. CMAP, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128, Palaiseau Cedex, France

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  2. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Kanpur Genetic Algorithms Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Pin, 208 016, India

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  3. Fachbereich Informatik, Lehrstuhl für Systemanalyse, Universität Dortmund, Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 20, 44221, Dortmund, Germany

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  5. Projet Fractales, INRIA Rocquencourt, BP 105, 78153, Le Chesnay Cedex, France

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  6. Dept. de Arquitectura y Technologa de los Computadores, GeNeura Team, Universidad de Granada, Campus Fuenetenueva, s/n, Granada

    Juan Julian Merelo

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den Dulk, P., Brinkers, M. (2000). Evolution of Altruism in Viscous Populations: Effects of Altruism on the Evolution of Migrating Behavior. In: Schoenauer, M., et al. Parallel Problem Solving from Nature PPSN VI. PPSN 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1917. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45356-3_45

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