Overview
- This book is about the evolution and nature of cooperation and altruism in social-living animals, focusing especially on non-human primates and on humans
- The anthropological, primatological, paleontological, behavioral, neurobiological, and psychological evidence provided in this book gives a more optimistic view of human nature than the more popular, conventional view of humans being naturally and basically aggressive and warlike
- Provides a compact, accessible, and up-to-date account of the current scholarly advances and debates in this field of study
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR, volume 36)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Cooperation, Altruism and Human Evolution
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Altruism and Cooperation Among Non-human Primates
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Altruism and Cooperation Among Humans: The Ethnographic Evidence
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“Origins of Altruism and Cooperation presents an avalanche of information and perspectives that can at times be overwhelming, a number of important themes emerge from the diverse material discussed by these many authors. First and foremost, evidence provided throughout the book makes it clear that new evolutionary theories are needed to explain the nature and extent of cooperation in the primate lineage, most prominently among human beings. … this book should be of particular interest to anyone seeking to formulate new evolutionary models.” (Christopher X. Jon Jensen, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 88 (3), September, 2013)
“The book does three things that many of the other books on this subject don’t do: it gives some background about altruism and cooperation in specific non-human primate species, it reviews the neuroscience behind these behaviors, and it shows the practical applications of altruism and cooperation in such things as education and healthcare. … it is a convenient source for a researcher or someone who is reviewing the literature. … It would be a useful contribution to a university library.” (Jay R. Feierman, ESSSAT-News, Vol. 22 (2), June, 2012)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Origins of Altruism and Cooperation
Editors: Robert W. Sussman, C. Robert Cloninger
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9520-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-9519-3Published: 02 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2986-9Published: 24 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9520-9Published: 02 August 2011
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 440
Topics: Behavioral Sciences, Anthropology, Animal Ecology