Cooperation and its evolution

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This collection reports on the latest research on an increasingly pivotal issue for evolutionary biology: cooperation. The chapters are written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and utilize research tools that range from empirical survey to conceptual modeling, reflecting the rich diversity of work in the field. They explore a wide taxonomic range, concentrating on bacteria, social insects, and, especially, humans.

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Full title :Cooperation and its evolution / edited by Kim Sterelny [and others].

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Publication Date:©2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013.

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"A Bradford book."

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 577 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780262018531, 0262018535, 9780262313032, 0262313030
oclc:ocn796355120
LC Classification:QH366.2
Dewey Decimal:576.8

The evolution of individualistic norms / Don Ross -- Timescales, symmetry, and uncertainty reduction in the origins of hierarchy in biological systems / Jessica C. Flack [and others] -- On depending on fish for a living, and other difficulties of living sustainably / Hanna Kokko and Katja Heubel -- Life in interesting times : cooperation and collective action in the Holocene / Kim Sterelny -- The birth of hierarchy / Paul Seabright -- Territoriality and loss aversion : the evolutionary roots of property rights / Herbert Gintis -- Cooperation and biological markets : the power of partner choice / Ronald Noë and Bernhard Voekl -- False advertising in biological markets : partner choice and the problem of reliability / Ben Fraser -- MHC-mediated benefits of trade : a biomolecular approach to cooperation in the marketplace / Haim Ofek -- What we don't know about the evolution of cooperation in animals / Deborah M. gordon -- Task partitioning : is it a useful concept? / Adam G. Hart -- Cooperative breeding in birds : toward a richer conceptual framework / Andrew Cockburn -- Why the proximate-ultimate distinction is misleading, and why it matters for understanding the evolution of coope…

Subjects

Biological Evolution Cooperation Coopération (Psychologie) Cooperative Behavior Cooperativeness Évolution Évolution (Biologie) Evolution (Biology) Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy Evolutionary psychology Kooperation Psychologie évolutionniste