Why Humans Cooperate: A Cultural and Evolutionary Explanation (Evolution and Cognition)
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- Synopsis
- Cooperation among humans is one of the keys to our great evolutionary success. Natalie and Joseph Henrich examine this phenomena with a unique fusion of theoretical work on the evolution of cooperation, ethnographic descriptions of social behavior, and a range of other experimental results. Their experimental and ethnographic data come from a small, insular group of middle-class Iraqi Christians called Chaldeans, living in metro Detroit, whom the Henrichs use as an example to show how kinship relations, ethnicity, and culturally transmitted traditions provide the key to explaining the evolution of cooperation over multiple generations.
- Copyright:
- 2007
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780198041177
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780195300680, 9780199885268, 9780195314236, 9780195300680, 9780199885268, 9780195314236
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 12/10/22
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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