How Did Cooperative Behavior Evolve?

By E. Pennisi. Science, 2005

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Disadvantage and prosocial behavior: the effects of the Wenchuan earthquake (2011, background): “The origin of cooperative or prosocial behavior is one of the most prominent unsolved problems in current research (Gurven, 2004; Jiménez, Lugo, Cuesta, & Sánchez, 2007; Pennisi, 2005; Van Segbroeck, Santos, Nowe, Pacheco, & Lenaerts, 2008).”
Evolutionary game theory: Temporal and spatial effects beyond replicator dynamics (2009, background): “One of the most important problems to which evolutionary game theory is being applied is the understanding of the emergence of cooperation in human (albeit non-exclusively) societies [14].”
Statistical physics of human cooperation (2017, background): “If only the fittest survive, why should one perform an altruistic act that is costly to perform but benefits another? Why should we care for and contribute to the public good if freeriders can enjoy the same benefits for free? Since intact cooperation forms the bedrock of our efforts for a sustainab”
Evolution of Cooperation in Multiplex Networks (2012, background): “The understanding of the emergence of cooperative behavior in human and animal societies [1, 2] as well as in other contexts (e.”