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Evolution, Games, and God: The Principle of Cooperation

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Evolution, Games, and God: The Principle of Cooperation - Nowak, Martin A. (Editor), and Coakley, Sarah (Editor), and Almenberg, Johan (Contributions by)
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According to the reigning competition-driven model of evolution, selfish behaviors that maximize an organism's reproductive potential offer a fitness advantage over self-sacrificing behaviors-rendering unselfish behavior for the sake of others a mystery that requires extra explanation. Evolution, Games, and God addresses this conundrum by exploring how cooperation, working alongside mutation and natural selection, plays a critical role in populations from microbes to human societies. Inheriting a tendency to cooperate, ...

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Evolution, Games, and God: The Principle of Cooperation 2013, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass

ISBN-13: 9780674047976

Hardcover