Insights into human cooperation from comparative economics

Sarah F. Brosnan ()
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Sarah F. Brosnan: Georgia State University

Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, vol. 2, issue 7, 432-434

Abstract: Many species face the problems of how, when and with whom to cooperate. Comparing responses across species can reveal the evolutionary trajectory of these decisions, including in humans. Using nearly identical economic game methods to compare species could identify the evolutionary constraints and catalysts to cooperation.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0383-7

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