Human Cooperation: The Hunter-Gatherer Puzzle | Current Biology

October 8, 2018
Human Cooperation: The Hunter-Gatherer Puzzle | Current Biology

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.005

In tracing the roots of human cooperation, researchers have gleaned insights from the sociality of contemporary hunter-gatherers. A new study among the Hadza, one of the few surviving foraging populations, challenges popular approaches to cooperation while suggesting a central role for cultural transmission.

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