Study describes evolution of double-sided social norms for cooperative interactions
A schematic diagram of the model. Credit: PLOS Computational Biology (2023). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011271
In addition to describing biological interactions, evolutionary theory has also become a valuable tool to make sense of the dynamics of social norms. Social norms determine which behaviors should be regarded as positive, and how community members should act towards each other.…