Cooperation in Primates and Humans Mechanisms and Evolution /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kappeler, Peter M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schaik, Carel P. van (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Developmental psychology.; Life Sciences.; Behavioral Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Developmental Psychology.

Cooperative behavior has been one of the enigmas of evolutionary theory since the days of Darwin. The contributions to this book examine the many facets of cooperative behavior in primates and humans. Some of the world’s leading experts summarize and review the state of the art of theoretical and em...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Cooperation in primates and humans: closing the gap
• Kinship
• Practicing Hamilton’s rule: kin selection in primate groups
• Kinship, competence and cooperation in primates
• Reciprocity
• Reciprocal altruism: 30 years later
• Simple and complex reciprocity in primates
• Reciprocal exchange in chimpanzees and other primates
• Causes, consequences and mechanisms of reconciliation: the role of cooperation
• Mutualism
• Cooperative hunting in chimpanzees: kinship or mutualism?
• Toward a general model for male-male coalitions in primate groups
• Cooperative breeding in mammals
• Non-offspring nursing in mammals: general implications from a case study on house mice
• Biological Markets
• Monkeys, markets and minds: biological markets and primate sociality
• Digging for the roots of trading
• Cooperation in Humans
• Reputation, personal identity and cooperation in a social dilemma
• Human cooperation from an economic perspective.