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Envy serves an evolutionary purpose related to resource competition and social status.

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Evolutionary perspectives suggest that envy functions as an adaptive mechanism driven by resource competition and social status hierarchies.

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The causes and economic consequences of envy

2010 · cited by 11

Van der Lande (2010) explains invidious preferences and envy through an evolutionary framework of resource competition.

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From Envy to Radicalization.

2024 · cited by 2

Lange and Crusius (2024) argue that the functional structure of envy is rooted in evolutionary competition, serving to monitor social differentials and neutralize perceived competitors.

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