For Whose Benefit? The Biological and Cultural Evolution of Human Cooperation /

This book takes the reader on a journey, navigating the enigmatic aspects of cooperation; a journey that starts inside the body and continues via our thoughts to the human super-organism. Cooperation is one of life’s fundamental principles. We are all made of parts – genes, cells, organs, neurons, b...

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Main Author: Lindenfors, Patrik. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50874-0
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505 0 |a The Human Puzzle -- Your physical self -- Your psychological selfEasily explicable cooperation and natural selection -- Family -- Friends -- Humanity – the paragon of cooperation -- Language -- The last piece of the puzzle? – Cooperation over our heads -- Epilogue: The human super organism. 
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