Origins of altruism and cooperation / Robert W. Sussman, C. Robert Cloninger, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sussman, Robert W., 1941-

Cloninger, C. Robert

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Developments in primatology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Altruism.

Cooperation.

Behavior evolution.

Primates--Behavior--Evolution.

Primates.

Human evolution.

Altruistic behavior in animals.

Physical Description:

xvi, 439 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2011]

Contents:

Introduction : cooperation and altruism / Robert W. Sussman and C. Robert Cloninger

Cooperation, altruism, and human evolution. Introduction [to] pt. 1 / Ian Tattersall

The influence of predation on primate and early human evolution : impetus for cooperation / Donna Hart and Robert W. Sussman

Born to cooperate? : altruism as exaptation and the evolution of human sociality / Telmo Pievani

The phylogenesis of human personality : identifying the precursors of cooperation, altruism, and well-being / C. Robert Cloninger and Sita Kedia

Cooperation and the evolution of social living : moving beyond the constraints and implications of misleading dogma. Introduction [to] pt. 2 / Marc Bekoff

Primates, niche construction, and social complexity : the roles of social cooperation and altruism / Katherine C. MacKinnon and Agustín Fuentes

Collective action and male affiliation in howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) / Paul A. Garber and Martin K. Kowalewski

Mechanisms of cohesion in black howler monkeys / Mary S.M. Pavelka

Social plasticity and demographic variation in primates / Karen B. Strier

Altruism and cooperation among humans : the ethnographic evidence. Introduction [to] pt. 3 / Peter Benson

Violence reduction among the Gebusi of Papua New Guinea - and across humanity / Bruce M. Knauft

Human nature : the nomadic forager model / Douglas P. Fry

Born to live : challenging killer myths / R. Brian Ferguson

Notes toward a human nature for the third millennium / Walter Goldschmidt

Behavior meets neuroscience : achievements, prospects, and complexity. Introduction [to] pt. 4 / Jane Phillips-Conroy

The neurobiology of cooperation and altruism / James K. Rilling

Behavioral and neuroendocrine interactions in affiliation / Charles T. Snowdon

Early social experience and the ontogenesis of emotion regulatory behavior in children / Seth D. Pollak

Human altruism and cooperation : needs and the promotion of well-being in modern life. Introduction [to] pt. 5 / Juan E. Mezzich

Altruism as an aspect of relational consciousness and how culture inhibits it / David Hay

Hope rekindled : well-being, humanism, and education / Kevin Cloninger

Promoting well-being in health care / Lauren E. Munsch and Helen Herrman

Moving beyond the nature/nurture distinction : promotion of transdisciplinary research / Dan G. Blazer.

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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1441995196

9781441995193

OCLC:

706920407

Publisher Number:

99944701471