The evolution of paternal care

Mauricio Salgado

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-37210-0_1

The evolution of paternal care

Mauricio Salgado

Education and Social Sciences School

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I describe an agent-based model to study the evolution of paternal care. The reported n-person Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma shows that the relative differences in the reproductive effort between sexes can explain the evolution of paternal care. When female reproductive costs are higher than male reproductive costs, males cooperate with females even when females do not reciprocate. Paternal care is thus an evolutionary achievement to compensate for the energy demands that reproduction involves for mothers. Paternal care, in turn, produces a sustained population growth, since females can reproduce at higher rates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction - 6th International Conference, SBP 2013, Proceedings
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37210-0_1
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013 - Washington, DC, United States Duration: 2 Apr 2013 → 5 Apr 2013

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7812 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, DC
Period	2/04/13 → 5/04/13

Keywords

Agent-Based Modelling
Cooperative Breeding
Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma
Parental Investment
Paternal Care

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Salgado, M. (2013). The evolution of paternal care. In Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction - 6th International Conference, SBP 2013, Proceedings (pp. 1-10). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7812 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37210-0_1

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Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction - 6th International Conference, SBP 2013, Proceedings. 2013. p. 1-10 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7812 LNCS).

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