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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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50874-0 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.