Two key steps in the evolution of human cooperation: the interdependence hypothesis

Modern theories of the evolution of human cooperation focus mainly on altruism. In contrast, we propose that humans’ species-unique forms of cooperation—as well as their species-unique forms of cognition, communication, and social life—all derive from mutualistic collaboration (with social selection...

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Main Authors: Tomasello, Michael, Melis, Alicia P., Tennie, Claudio, Wyman, Emily, Herrmann, Esther
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2012
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31365/
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