Why humans cooperate a cultural and evolutionary explanation / Natalie Henrich, Joseph Henrich.

Author/creator Henrich, Natalie, 1973-
Other author Henrich, Joseph Patrick.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxi, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesEvolution and cognition
Contents Evolution, culture, cooperation, and the Chaldeans -- Dual inheritance theory: the evolution of cultural capacities and cultural evolution -- Evolutionary theory and the social psychology of human cooperation -- The Chaldeans: history and the community today -- Family first: kinship explains most cooperative bahavior -- Cooperation through reciprocity and reputation -- Social norms and prosociality -- Culturally evolved social norms lead to context-specific cooperation -- Ethnicity: in-group preferences and cooperation -- Cooperative dilemmas in the world today.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-254) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006048326
ISBN9780195300680 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780195314236 (pbk.)

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