Cost and conflict in animal signals and human language M Lachmann, S Szamado, CT Bergstrom Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (23), 13189-13194, 2001 | 431 | 2001 |
The cost of honesty and the fallacy of the handicap principle S Számadó Animal Behaviour 81 (1), 3-10, 2011 | 272 | 2011 |
Selective scenarios for the emergence of natural language S Számadó, E Szathmáry Trends in Ecology & Evolution 21 (10), 555-561, 2006 | 197 | 2006 |
The Handicap Principle: how an erroneous hypothesis became a scientific principle DJ Penn, S Számadó Biological Reviews 95 (1), 267-290, 2020 | 100 | 2020 |
Cheating as a mixed strategy in a simple model of aggressive communication S Számadó Animal behaviour 59 (1), 221-230, 2000 | 91 | 2000 |
The validity of the handicap principle in discrete action–response games S Számadó Journal of theoretical biology 198 (4), 593-602, 1999 | 82 | 1999 |
Separating equilibria in continuous signalling games CT Bergstrom, S Számadó, M Lachmann Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 2002 | 75 | 2002 |
Beneficial laggards: multilevel selection, cooperative polymorphism and division of labour in threshold public good games G Boza, S Számadó BMC evolutionary biology 10, 1-12, 2010 | 74 | 2010 |
How threat displays work: species-specific fighting techniques, weaponry and proximity risk S Szamado Animal Behaviour 76 (5), 1455-1463, 2008 | 73 | 2008 |
Threat displays are not handicaps S Számadó Journal of Theoretical Biology 221 (3), 327-348, 2003 | 56 | 2003 |
Language: A social history of words E Szathmáry, S Számadó Nature 456 (7218), 40-41, 2008 | 45 | 2008 |
The effect of dispersal and neighbourhood in games of cooperation S Számadó, F Szalai, I Scheuring Journal of Theoretical Biology 253 (2), 221-227, 2008 | 43 | 2008 |
The language of cooperation: reputation and honest signalling S Számadó, D Balliet, F Giardini, EA Power, K Takács Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376 (1838), 20200286, 2021 | 41 | 2021 |
Honest and cheating strategies in a simple model of aggressive communication F Szalai, S Szamado Animal Behaviour 78 (4), 949-959, 2009 | 36 | 2009 |
Farming the mitochondrial ancestor as a model of endosymbiotic establishment by natural selection I Zachar, A Szilágyi, S Számadó, E Szathmáry Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (7), E1504-E1510, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
Pre-hunt communication provides context for the evolution of early human language S Számadó Biological theory 5, 366-382, 2010 | 33 | 2010 |
Scarce and directly beneficial reputations support cooperation F Samu, S Számadó, K Takács Scientific reports 10 (1), 11486, 2020 | 30 | 2020 |
Why does costly signalling evolve? Challenges with testing the handicap hypothesis S Számadó, DJ Penn Animal behaviour 110, e9, 2015 | 27 | 2015 |
Long-term commitment promotes honest status signalling S Számadó Animal Behaviour 82 (2), 295-302, 2011 | 27 | 2011 |
Cooperating to show that you care: costly helping as an honest signal of fitness interdependence P Barclay, R Bliege Bird, G Roberts, S Számadó Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376 (1838), 20200292, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |