University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Jeffrey Stevens Papers & Publications Psychology, Department of 2004 A Conceptual Framework for Non-Kin Food Sharing: Timing and Currency of Benefits Jeffrey R. Stevens University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychstevens Part of the Animal Studies Commons, Behavior and Ethology Commons, Evolution Commons, and the Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons Stevens, Jeffrey R. and Gilby, Ian C., "A Conceptual Framework for Non-Kin Food Sharing: Timing and Currency of Benefits" (2004). Jeffrey Stevens Papers & Publications. 10. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychstevens/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Psychology, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Jeffrey Stevens Papers & Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2004, 67, 603e614 doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.04.012 REVIEW A conceptual framework for nonkin food sharing: timing and currency of benefits JEFFREY R. STEVENS & IAN C. GILBY Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota (Received 2 December 2002; initial acceptance 4 March 2003; final acceptance 24 April 2003; MS. number: ARV-24R) Many animal species, from arthropods to apes, share food. This paper presents a new framework that categorizes nonkin food sharing according to two axes: (1) the interval between sharing and receiving the benefits of sharing, and (2) the currency units in which benefits accrue to the sharer (especially food versus nonfood).