> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 6 topics, 5 evergreens, 4 sources</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[reciprocal altruism]]</s> > [!wikipedia] [reciprocal altruism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal%20altruism) > > In [[Evolutionary Biology]], reciprocal altruism is a [[behavior]] whereby an organism acts in a manner that temporarily reduces its fitness while increasing another organism's fitness, with the expectation that the other organism will act in a similar manner at a later time. > > The concept was initially developed by [[Robert Trivers]] to explain the evolution of cooperation as instances of mutually altruistic acts. The concept is close to the strategy of "tit for tat" used in [[game theory]]. **See**:: [[natural selection]], [[kin selection]] #### Related No results to show for list query.