Origins of altruism and cooperation
By: Robert W. Sussman, C. Robert Cloninger, editors
Series: Developments in primatology; Developments in primatology
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9781441995193
Subjects: Evolution; Behavior evolution; Behavior; Altruistic behavior in animals; Altruism; Cooperation; Human evolution; Primates
Notes: "This book is derived from a conference entitled 'Man the Hunted and the Origin and Nature of Human Sociality, Altruism and Well-Being' held at Washington University, March 2009"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : cooperation and altruism / Robert W. Sussman and C. Robert Cloninger; title: Cooperation, altruism, and human evolution. Introduction [to] pt. 1 / Ian Tattersall; title: The influence of predation on primate and early human evolution : impetus for cooperation / Donna Hart and Robert W. Sussman; title: Born to cooperate? : altruism as exaptation and the evolution of human sociality / Telmo Pievani; title: The phylogenesis of human personality : identifying the precursors of cooperation, altruism, and well-being / C. Robert Cloninger and Sita Kedia; title: Cooperation and the evolution of social living : moving beyond the constraints and implications of misleading dogma. Introduction [to] pt. 2 / Marc Bekoff; title: Primates, niche construction, and social complexity : the roles of social cooperation and altruism / Katherine C. MacKinnon and Agustín Fuentes; title: Collective action and male affiliation in howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) / Paul A. Garber and Martin K. Kowalewski; title: Mechanisms of cohesion in black howler monkeys / Mary S.M. Pavelka; title: Social plasticity and demographic variation in primates / Karen B. Strier; title: Altruism and cooperation among humans : the ethnographic evidence. Introduction [to] pt. 3 / Peter Benson; title: Violence reduction among the Gebusi of Papua New Guinea - and across humanity / Bruce M. Knauft; title: Human nature : the nomadic forager model / Douglas P. Fry; title: Born to live : challenging killer myths / R. Brian Ferguson; title: Notes toward a human nature for the third millennium / Walter Goldschmidt; title: Behavior meets neuroscience : achievements, prospects, and complexity. Introduction [to] pt. 4 / Jane Phillips-Conroy; title: The neurobiology of cooperation and altruism / James K. Rilling; title: Behavioral and neuroendocrine interactions in affiliation / Charles T. Snowdon; title: Early social experience and the ontogenesis of emotion regulatory behavior in children / Seth D. Pollak; title: Human altruism and cooperation : needs and the promotion of well-being in modern life. Introduction [to] pt. 5 / Juan E. Mezzich; title: Altruism as an aspect of relational consciousness and how culture inhibits it / David Hay; title: Hope rekindled : well-being, humanism, and education / Kevin Cloninger; title: Promoting well-being in health care / Lauren E. Munsch and Helen Herrman; title: Moving beyond the nature/nurture distinction : promotion of transdisciplinary research / Dan G. Blazer.