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social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > evolution and social science > cultural evolution of cooperation
social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > philosophy and anthropology > cultural evolution of cooperation

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cultural evolution of cooperation  

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  • This entry presents an account of the indispensable social phenomenon of cooperation from the viewpoint of modern theories of evolution. In particular, the entry sketches the outline of a process in which cultural evolution, or the transmission of behaviors and beliefs among individuals via social learning, can explain the full range of human cooperation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Cooperation, Cultural Evolution of]

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