Why would natural selection favor the prevalence of cooperation within the groups of selfish
individuals? A fruitful framework to address this question is evolutionary game theory, the …

Extensive cooperation among unrelated individuals is unique to humans, who often sacrifice
personal benefits for the common good and work together to achieve what they are unable …

Este libro refleja una larga experiencia de investigación, que abarca una amplia gama de
desafíos contemporáneos como son el manejo de las pesquerías oceánicas, la protección …

Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-
based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However …

Rock is wrapped by paper, paper is cut by scissors and scissors are crushed by rock. This
simple game is popular among children and adults to decide on trivial disputes that have no …

Cooperation is needed for evolution to construct new levels of organization. Genomes, cells,
multicellular organisms, social insects, and human society are all based on cooperation …

Prevalence of cooperation within groups of selfish individuals is puzzling in that it contradicts
with the basic premise of natural selection. Favoring players with higher fitness, the latter is …

Human populations are both highly cooperative and highly organized. Human interactions
are not random but rather are structured in social networks. Importantly, ties in these …

Punishment is a popular tool when governing commons in situations where free riders
would otherwise take over. It is well known that sanctioning systems, such as the police and …

At a time of unprecedented expansion in the life sciences, evolution is the one theory that
transcends all of biology. Any observation of a living system must ultimately be interpreted in …