Kindness has persisted in a competitive world – cultural evolution can explain why
Ancient religious customs have accelerated the evolutionary process of humans becoming more cooperative.
Sept. 25, 2023 • ~7 min
Ancient religious customs have accelerated the evolutionary process of humans becoming more cooperative.
‘Mind-reading’ requires the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, predicting their actions and reading their emotions.
Cancer cells are ‘cheaters’ that do not cooperate with the rest of the body. Certain microbes in your diet can either protect against or promote tumor formation by influencing cell cooperation.
Researchers have discovered that great white sharks are more social than previously thought. Using specialized tags, they tracked six sharks and found that some stay close to each other when hunting.
Rather than a vaccine to beef up your immune system, a psychoactive substance could boost your cooperative, pro-social behavior – curtailing the selfish actions that spur on coronavirus's spread.
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