Culture, evolution and the puzzle of human cooperation

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 220-245

  Henrich, Joseph ^a   Henrich, Natalie ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Cultural transmission; Culture gene coevolution; Dual inheritance theory; Ethnicity; Norms; Punishment; Reciprocity; Reputation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CULTURAL TRANSMISSION; CULTURE-GENE EVOLUTION; DUAL INHERITANCE THEORY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NORMS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RELATIVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33646120551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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