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Evolutionary anthropology

the idea that food sharing arises because the cost of defending a large resource exceeds its value to the holder.

In evolutionary anthropology, tolerated theft refers to the idea that food sharing arises because the cost of defending a large resource exceeds its value to the holder. This meaning comes from Blurton Jones (1984) in Ethology and Sociobiology.[1]

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References

Blurton Jones, N. G. (1984). A selfish origin for human food sharing: Tolerated theft. Ethology and Sociobiology, 5(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/0162-3095(84)90030-x

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