Cooperation in Primates and Humans: Mechanisms and Evolution

✍ Scribed by Carel P. van Schaik, Peter M. Kappeler (auth.), Professor Dr. Peter M. Kappeler, Professor Dr. Carel P. van Schaik (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 344
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cooperative behavior has been one of the enigmas of evolutionary theory since the days of Darwin. The contributions to this book examine the many facets of cooperative behavior in primates and humans. Some of the world’s leading experts summarize and review the state of the art of theoretical and empirical studies of cooperation. This is the first attempt to bridge the gap between parallel research activities in primatology and studies of humans. This comparative approach highlights both common principles as well as aspects of human uniqueness with respect to cooperative behavior.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Cooperation in primates and humans: closing the gap....Pages 3-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Practicing Hamilton’s rule: kin selection in primate groups....Pages 25-46
Kinship, competence and cooperation in primates....Pages 47-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Reciprocal altruism: 30 years later....Pages 67-83
Simple and complex reciprocity in primates....Pages 85-105
Reciprocal exchange in chimpanzees and other primates....Pages 107-119
Causes, consequences and mechanisms of reconciliation: the role of cooperation....Pages 121-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Cooperative hunting in chimpanzees: kinship or mutualism?....Pages 139-150
Toward a general model for male-male coalitions in primate groups....Pages 151-171
Cooperative breeding in mammals....Pages 173-190
Non-offspring nursing in mammals: general implications from a case study on house mice....Pages 191-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Monkeys, markets and minds: biological markets and primate sociality....Pages 209-232
Digging for the roots of trading....Pages 233-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Reputation, personal identity and cooperation in a social dilemma....Pages 265-278
Human cooperation from an economic perspective....Pages 279-301

✦ Subjects

Behavioural Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Developmental Psychology; Zoology