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Rutgers: Uganda's Ik are Not Unbelievably Selfish and Mean
June 27, 2020
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 27 -- Rutgers University issued the following news:

The Ik, a small ethnic group in Uganda, are not incredibly selfish and mean as portrayed in a 1972 book by a prominent anthropologist, according to a Rutgers-led study.

Instead, the Ik are quite cooperative and generous with one another, and their culture features many traits that encourage generosity, according to the study in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences.

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