Abstract
This entry presents an account of the indispensable social phenomenon of cooperation from the viewpoint of modern theories of evolution . In particular, the entry sketches the outline of a process in which cultural evolution , or the transmission of behaviors and beliefs among individuals via social learning, can explain the full range of human cooperation .
Original language | American English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences |
State | Published - 2013 |
EGS Disciplines
- Human Ecology