Co-evolution of inter-birth interval and sharing behaviors
Explores how birth spacing and resource-sharing behaviors co-evolve in agent populations. Investigates whether longer inter-birth intervals are evolutionarily linked to greater cooperative investment in offspring and kin.
Research questions
Do agents with longer inter-birth intervals evolve higher sharing rates? What selective pressures maintain this co-evolutionary dynamic? How does group size affect the equilibrium?
Methods
Life-history ABM with co-evolving birth interval and sharing parameters. Fitness landscapes computed across parameter sweeps in MASON.
Status
Active — working paper in progress.