Cooperation is one of the elements that form the foundation of social systems; nonetheless, the intricacies of its evolutionary mechanisms are not fully understood. Recently, "multiplex networks" have ...

Evolutionary principles for cooperation that have been developed from studies of diverse social organisms should apply to humans. The more immediate roots to human cooperation and conflict also may be ...

Cooperation is a guiding principle of everyday life. It’s as simple as following the rules of the road when driving or holding a door for a stranger; cooperation is a fundamental aspect of human ...

Researchers have demonstrated that intensified environmental variability (EV) can promote the evolution of cooperation through simulation based on evolutionary game theory. This result offers a new ...

The Society of Genes -- The Division of Labour -- The Prisoner's Dilemma -- Telling Hawks from Doves -- Duty and the Feast -- Public Goods and Private Gifts -- Theories of Moral Sentiments The Tribal ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Evolutionary biologist Lee Alan Dugatkin has ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Previous scholars have widely proposed that the emergence of advanced cognitive abilities and sociality in humans originated in Africa during the MSA. However, the specific mechanisms ...