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This does not actually speak to the utility of such instincts to individuals. Rather, it indicates their utility the gene bundle, by increasing the genes' probability of propagating. A tribe that stole from itself would not get very far through time.
Yeah, but group selection doesn't make a very big difference, as discussed in The Tragedy of Group Selectionism.