THE MISSION
We explore how cooperation and conflict shape life, from human societies to cellular interactions.
VALUES
Diversity. Collaboration. Engagement.
Select Publications
An agent-based model of the female rivalry hypothesis for concealed ovulation in humans
Krems, J.A., Claessens, S., Fales, M.R. et al. An agent-based model of the female rivalry hypothesis for concealed ovulation in humans. Nat Hum Behav (2021).
Do Smartphones Create a Coordination Problem for Face‐to‐Face Interaction? Leveraging Game Theory to Understand and Solve the Smartphone Dilemma
Aktipis, A., Whitaker, R., & Ayers, J. D. (2020). Do Smartphones Create a Coordination Problem for Face‐to‐Face Interaction? Leveraging Game Theory to Understand and Solve the Smartphone Dilemma. BioEssays, 42(4), 1800261.
Kin terms and fitness interdependence
Cronk, L., Steklis, D., Steklis, N., van den Akker, O. R., & Aktipis, A. (2019). Kin terms and fitness interdependence. Evolution and Human Behavior, 40(3), 281-291.
Understanding cooperation through fitness interdependence
Aktipis A, Cronk L, Alcock J, Ayers JD, Baciu C. et al. (2018) Understanding cooperation through fitness interdependence. Nature Human Behavior.
Resource conflict and cooperation between human host and gut microbiota: implications for nutrition and health.
Wasielewski, H., Alcock, J., Aktipis, C. A. (2016). Resource conflict and cooperation between human host and gut microbiota: implications for nutrition and health. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1372: 20–28.
Cooperation in an uncertain world: For the Maasai of East Africa need-based transfers outperform account keeping in volatile environments.
Aktipis, C.A., Cronk, L., De Aguilar, R (2016). Cooperation in an uncertain world: For the Maasai of East Africa need-based transfers outperform account keeping in volatile environments. Human Ecology, 44(3): 353–364.
Principles of cooperation across systems: from human sharing to multicellularity and cancer.
Aktipis, A. (2016). Principles of cooperation across systems: from human sharing to multicellularity and cancer. Evolutionary Applications, 9:17–36.
Fetal microchimerism and maternal health: A review and evolutionary analysis of cooperation and conflict beyond the womb.
Boddy, A. M., Fortunato, A., Wilson Sayres, M. and Aktipis, A. (2015). Fetal microchimerism and maternal health: A review and evolutionary analysis of cooperation and conflict beyond the womb. Bioessays, 37: 1106–1118.
Cancer across life: Cooperation and cheating in multicellularity.
Aktipis, C. A., Boddy, A., Jansen, G., Hochberg, M., Maley, C., Hibner, U., Wilkinson, G. (2015). Cancer across life: Cooperation and cheating in multicellularity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms.
Alcock, J., Maley, C.C., Aktipis, C.A. (2014). Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms. Bioessays. Online publication 8/7/14.
