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altruism, culture

The Benefits of Trepidation
Abigail Marsh | Nov 1, 2017 | 3 min read
While wiping fear from our brains may seem attractive, the emotion is an essential part of our behavioral repertoire.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Feb 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Touch, The Altruistic Brain, Is Shame Necessary?, and Future Arctic
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Jan 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Does Altruism Exist?, Ancestors in Our Genome, Fred Sanger—Double Nobel Laureate, and Stiffs, Skulls & Skeletons
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Dec 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Your Atomic Self, Eureka!, A Talent for Friendship, and Undeniable
What Price Kindness?
Oren Harman | Sep 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Exposing the life and work of a visionary and troubled scientist opens a window onto the evolution of altruism.
Book Excerpt from The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness
Oren Harman | Aug 31, 2011 | 6 min read
In Chapter 13, "Altruism," author Oren Harman discusses how George Price's and John Maynard Smith's 1973 formulation of evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) meshes with examples of altruism in nature.
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