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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Oct 31, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: PNAS - Rethinking natural altruism: Simple reciprocal interactions trigger childrens benevolence. | Oct 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Portland State University - PDXScholar - Levels of Altruism (PDF). | Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: White Rose Research Online - Two birds, one stone: How altruism can facilitate both individual creativity and prosocial behavior in two different team contexts (PDF). | Sep 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - The Origins of Empathy and Altruism (PDF). | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Possibility of conjunction between altruism and egoism. | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Altruism. | Oct 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Psychology Today - Altruism. | Jun 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Wisconsin, Stout - Gender Stereotypes Associated with Altruistic Acts. | Apr 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Rethinking natural altruism: Simple reciprocal interactions trigger childrens benevolence. | Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries - Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives - Understanding Altruism: Self and Other Concerns. | Dec 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Columbia Authoring Platform - Understanding Altruism: Self and Other Concerns. | Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Empathy and Altruism. | Sep 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Altruism: Its characteristics and evolution. | May 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - The Bystander Effect and Altruism. | Apr 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Altruism and Group Selection. | Mar 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - What is Altruism? | Feb 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sci LibreTexts - Helping and Altruism. | Dec 16, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 04, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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