Altruism in animals
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Altruism is a well-documented animal behaviour, which appears most obviously in kin relationships but may also be evident amongst wider social groups, in which an animal sacrifices its own well-being for the benefit of another animal.
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See also
- Cheating (biology)
- Evolutionarily stable strategy
- Gene-centered view of evolution
- Sociobiology
- Evolution of morality
- Evolutionary ethics
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