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Sociopathy within and between small groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

David Sloan Wilson*
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000. dwilson@bingvaxa.bitnet

Abstract

If sociopathy is a biological adaptation, it probably evolved in small social groups in which individuals lacked the social mobility required for a con-man strategy to work. On the other hand, conflicts between groups may have provided a large niche for sociopathy throughout human history.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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