Researchers investigate the science behind cooperation

Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 08:31 in Psychology & Sociology

(Phys.org)—For two decades, evolutionary scientists have been locked in a debate over the evolved functions of three distinctive human behaviors: the great readiness we show for cooperating with new people; the strong interest we have in tracking others' reputations regarding how well they treat others; and the occasional interest we have in punishing people for selfishly mistreating others.

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