Henrich, Natalie, 1973-

Why humans cooperate : a cultural and evolutionary explanation / Natalie Henrich, Joseph Henrich. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xi, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Evolution and cognition .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-254) and index.

Evolution, culture, cooperation, and the Chaldeans -- Dual inheritance theory: the evolution of cultural capacities and cultural evolution -- Evolutionary theory and the social psychology of human cooperation -- The Chaldeans: history and the community today -- Family first: kinship explains most cooperative bahavior -- Cooperation through reciprocity and reputation -- Social norms and prosociality -- Culturally evolved social norms lead to context-specific cooperation -- Ethnicity: in-group preferences and cooperation -- Cooperative dilemmas in the world today.

9780195300680 (alk. paper) 9780195314236 (pbk.)

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Interpersonal relations--Case studies.
Chaldean Catholics--Michigan--Detroit Region.

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