Slocombe, Katie E orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-1887 and Seed, Amanda M (2019) Cooperation in children. Current Biology. R470-R473. ISSN 0960-9822
Abstract
Cooperation is central to what makes us human. It is so deeply entrenched in our nature that it can be seen at the heart of every culture, whether it takes the form of group hunting, shared child-rearing, or large-scale, multi-national institutions such as the UN. And yet in contrast to the constancy of other forms of cooperation in non-human animals, such as termite-mound building or honey bee dancing, the changing face of human cooperation makes it seem more fragile, and its mechanisms more elusive. As with other features of our behaviour, human cooperation is the product of both genetic and cultural evolution. Studying cooperation in children, in different cultural environments, and in contrast to other species, provides a valuable window into the ways in which these two forms of inheritance interact over development, and a chance to distil out its constitutive components.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2019 10:40 |
Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2025 23:11 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.066 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | No |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.066 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147135 |
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