Gerald Carter produces an informative video on cooperation in vampire bats
Posted 21 Jun 2012 / 0Also check out Gerry’s PetriDish site seeking funding for his project.
A Minor Post, Altruism, Cooperation, Film, Television, & Video, Public OutreachFamiliarity breeds… mutual aid (at least in some birds)
Posted 21 Jun 2012 / 0Biology Letters “Long-term familiarity promotes joining in neighbour nest defence“
A Minor Post, Articles, Birds, Cooperation, Reciprocity, Social NetworksInteresting reports from the Consilience Conference
Posted 21 Jun 2012 / 0Evolving Economics “Group selection and the social sciences” Rationally Speaking “Report from the Consilience conference, part I“, “Report from the Consilience conference, part II“, and “Report from the Consilience conference, part III“
A Minor Post, Conferences, Group Selection, WebDo you need cooperation in your model to explain why there are more right-handed people?
Posted 21 Jun 2012 / 0Interface “A model balancing cooperation and competition can explain our right-handed world and the dominance of left-handed athletes“
A Minor Post, Competition, Cooperation, Evolutionary Modeling, WebOnce your subject becomes a continuing education class…
Posted 21 Jun 2012 / 0…you know that it has gotten into the mind of the public. University of Oxford course “Evolution of Cooperation and Cheating: From Microbes to Humans“
A Minor Post, Cooperation, Evolution EducationScientific American “Why We Help”
Posted 21 Jun 2012 / 1The July issue of Scientific American features a cover story written by Martin A. Nowak called “Why We Help“. This very short article contains a brief review of Nowak’s “five rules” for cooperation, a little bit of connection to experimental work in real organisms, and some hazy conjecture concerning what makes humans cooperate. It seems as Read More
A Major Post, Anthropogenic Change, Articles, Behavior, Climate Change, Cooperation, Evolution, Evolutionary Modeling, Game Theory, Group Selection, Human Evolution, Human Nature, Kin Selection, Punishment, Reciprocity, Social NetworksJuly issue of Scientific American will feature a cover story on the evolution of cooperation
Posted 21 Jun 2012 / 0Scientific American July issue
A Minor Post, Cooperation“Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence” exhibit at the American Museum on Natural History
Posted 19 Jun 2012 / 0Today I had the pleasure of accompanying my daughter’s fourth grade class to the “Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence” exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. Beyond making sure that all students returned home safely, I was also interested in how this exhibit explained bioluminescence as an evolved adaptation. When I teach Evolution, one Read More
A Major Post, Adaptation, Behavior, Coevolution, Competition, Convergence, Cooperation, Evolution, Interactions, Marine Ecosystems, Museum design, Museums & Zoos, Mutualism, Phylogenetics, Predation, Sex and Reproduction, TerrestrialElinor Ostrom, pioneering social scientist and scholar of cooperation, is dead at 78
Posted 18 Jun 2012 / 0Wikipedia “Elinor Ostrom” The Huffington Post David Sloan Wilson blog “Farewell, Lin Ostrom” CHANS-Net blog “Elinor Ostrom leaves inspiring legacy“
A Minor Post, Cooperation, Cultural Anthropology, Obituary, Political Science, Social Science