The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World by Nichola Raihani

The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World

Nichola Raihani

304 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history science sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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This book is ideal for curious readers fascinated by the evolutionary roots of human behavior and the surprising parallels of cooperation across species, blending science and sociology to challenge perceptions of survival and success.

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Why cooperate? This may be the most important scientific question we have ever, and will ever, face. The science of cooperation tells us not only how we got here, but also where we might end up. Cooperation explains how strands of DNA gave rise to...

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