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biological altruism

behaviour by an individual that increases the fitness of another individual while decreasing the fitness of the actor
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biological altruism

Summary

biological altruism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • biological altruism is a type of behavior[2].
  • biological altruism is a type of prosocial behavior[3].
  • biological altruism's facet of is recorded as altruism[4].
  • biological altruism's different from is recorded as altruism[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include behavior[2] and prosocial behavior[3].

Why It Matters

biological altruism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Facet of → altruism
    Subclass of → behavior, prosocial behavior
    Different from → altruism
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294751105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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