Targeted conspiratorial killing, human self-domestication and the evolution of groupishness

Groupishness is a set of tendencies to respond to group members with prosociality and cooperation in ways that transcend apparent self-interest. Its evolution is puzzling because it gives the impression of breaking the ordinary rules of natural selection. Boehm's solution is that moral elements...

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Main Author: Richard W. Wrangham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Human Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X21000207/type/journal_article