The Evolutionary Origins of Cooperation in the Hominin Lineage: A Critique of Boyd and Richerson’s Cultural Group Selection Account

Autor:	Jacob P. Neal
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Philosophy History Lineage (genetic) History and Philosophy of Science Evolutionary biology Cultural group selection Biology
Zdroj:	Philosophy of Science. 88:1246-1257
ISSN:	1539-767X 0031-8248
DOI:	10.1086/715221
Popis:	The origin of human cooperation poses an evolutionary puzzle. In order for cooperation to evolve, our Pleistocene ancestors must have overcome the free rider problem, in which noncooperators reap the benefits of cooperation without paying the costs. Cultural group selection accounts offer a potential solution to this problem. In this article, I evaluate Boyd and Richerson’s influential account. I argue that it cannot explain the evolutionary origins of human cooperation because it presupposes cooperative behaviors among our Pleistocene ancestors. Although Boyd and Richerson’s account may explain the expansion of cooperation in hominin evolution, it cannot explain how cooperative behaviors first emerged.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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