A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

Book Overview

A fascinating look at the evolutionary origins of cooperation

Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded behavior is widespread and cannot be explained simply by far-sighted self-interest or a desire to help close genealogical kin.

In A Cooperative Species, Samuel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691158169
• ISBN13: 9780691158167
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.8"