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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lindenfors, Patrik (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Game theory.; Biological psychology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Cell Biology.; Game Theory.; Biological Psychology.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.