Background The human sense of fairness presents an evolutionary puzzle because it
appears to run counter to the short-term interests of at least some parties. We not only react …

Causing harm to others would hardly seem to be relevant to cooperation, other than as a
barrier to it. However, because selfish individuals will exploit cooperators, functional …

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The philosophy of animal minds addresses profound questions about the nature of mind and
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The problem of how to distribute available resources among members of a group is a central
aspect of social life. Adults react negatively to inequitable distributions and several studies …

A growing body of evidence shows that humans are remarkably altruistic primates. Food
sharing and division of labor play an important role in all human societies, and cooperation …

Is the sense of fairness uniquely human? Human reactions to reward division are often
studied by means of the ultimatum game, in which both partners need to agree on a …

Non-human primates are marked by well-developed prosocial and cooperative tendencies
as reflected in the way they support each other in fights, hunt together, share food and …