Cheating Monkeys and Citizen Bees: The Nature of Cooperation in Animals and Humans - Couverture rigide

Dugatkin, Lee Alan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0684843412 ISBN 13 : 9780684843414

Editeur : Free Press, 1999

Synopsis

Cooperation is the fabric that keeps society together, but to what extent is such behaviour instinctive, and how much of it is a product of moral will? This text explains the four paths to cooperation which people share with animals, which include family dynamics and reciprocal transactions.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Cooperation is the fabric that keeps society together, but to what extent is such behaviour instinctive, and how much of it is a product of moral will? Could the secret of enhancing human cooperation lie in an investigation of the animal kingdom? In CHEATING AND MONKEYS CITIZEN BEES, evolution and animal behaviour expert Lee Dugatkin reports from the cutting edge of scientific research on the startlingly evolutionary truth about cooperation and how it works. He explains the four paths to cooperation which we share with animals: family dynamics, reciprocal transactions, mutual teamwork, and universal altruism.
Dugatkin illustrates his argument with remarkable examples of cooperation from the natural world: baby-sitting mongooses and squirrels who willingly martyr themselves to save relatives and fish who switch sexes in order to share reproductive duties. With these colourful insights into the natural world, Dugatkin shows that what comes naturally to animals can teach us about the instincts that underlie the complex web of human social networks.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lee Dugatkin has written extensively on evolution in academic journals as well as popular magazines.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Free Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0684843412
• ISBN 13: 9780684843414
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible