For whose benefit? : the biological and cultural evolution of human cooperation /: the biological and cultural evolution of human cooperation. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Samarbete.
• Further Information: Note: Patrik Lindenfors.
• Authors: Lindenfors, Patrik
• Contents: 1 The Human Puzzle; Abstract; The Breakdown of Self; Cooperation and Life; Life; References; 2 Your Physical Self; Abstract; Genes; Simple Cells-Prokaryotes; More Complex Cells-Eukaryotes; Multi-cellularity; Mobile Eco-systems; References; 3 Your Psychological Self; Abstract; A Soulless Existence; Majority Rule; Surely There Is Something More?; References; 4 Easily Explicable Cooperation and Natural Selection; Abstract; Mutual Gain; Natural Selection; Proximate and Ultimate Explanations; Group Selection; Behavioral Genetics; References; 5 Family; Abstract; Warning Calls. Eusociality-Ants, Wasps and BeesA Challenge; Eusociality-Termites and Naked Mole Rats; Kin Selection in Humans; References; 6 Friends; Abstract; The Prisoners' Dilemma; Examples from the Animal World?; The Social Brain; Other Possible Genetic Explanations of Cooperation; We Are Not Them: About Our Closest Relatives; Reciprocity in Humans; References; 7 Humanity-The Paragon of Cooperation?; Abstract; Games of Cooperation; A Huge Mistake?; Cultural Group Selection; Nature or Nurture; Cultural Explanations for Extreme Cooperation; References; 8 Language; Abstract; The Structure of Human Language. The Evolution of LanguageThe Green Beards of Language; The Second Replicator; References; 9 The Last Piece of the Puzzle?-Cooperation Over Our Heads; Abstract; A Slow History; Cultural Evolution; Cultural Evolutionary Explanations of Cooperation; Networks; The Software; References; 10 Epilogue: The Human Super Organism; Abstract; Characteristics of Synergistic Cooperation; How to Harness Idea Collectives; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 172 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 304.5; Life sciences; Sociobiology; Evolutionary psychology; Cooperation; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social; Cooperation; Evolutionary psychology; Sociobiology; Life Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Cell Biology; Game Theory; Biological Psychology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Molecular Biology; Mathematics -- Game Theory; Psychology -- Experimental Psychology; Cellular biology (cytology); Game theory; Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology; Evolution (Biology); Cytology; Game theory; Applied psychology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Evolution; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319508740; 3319508741
• Related ISBNs: 9783319508733; 3319508733
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 12, 2017).
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