The evolution of altruistic social preferences in human groups

Preference or paradigm? Bonobos show no evidence of other-regard in the standard prosocial choice task

(2015) Jingzhi Tan et al.   BEHAVIOUR

The psychology of cooperation in animals: an ecological approach

(2015) K. McAuliffe et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Orangutans (Pongo spp.) do not spontaneously share benefits with familiar conspecifics in a choice paradigm

(2015) Yena Kim et al.   PRIMATES

Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts

(2014) Michael L. Wilson et al.   NATURE

Task Design Influences Prosociality in Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

(2014) Bailey R. House et al.   PLoS One

Lack of prosociality in great apes, capuchin monkeys and spider monkeys: convergent evidence from two different food distribution tasks

(2014) F. Amici et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The evolutionary origin of human hyper-cooperation

(2014) J. M. Burkart et al.   Nature Communications

Males collectively defend their one-male units against bachelor males in a multi-level primate society

(2013) Zuo-Fu Xiang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Juvenile foraging among the Hadza: Implications for human life history

(2013) Alyssa N. Crittenden et al.   EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Ontogeny of prosocial behavior across diverse societies

(2013) Bailey R. House et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Social ‘predators’ within a multilevel primate society

(2012) David J. Pappano et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Care for kin: within-group relatedness and allomaternal care are positively correlated and conserved throughout the mammalian phylogeny

(2012) M. Briga et al.   Biology Letters

The ontogeny of human prosociality: behavioral experiments with children aged 3 to 8

(2012) Bailey R. House et al.   EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Group service in macaques (Macaca fuscata), capuchins (Cebus apella) and marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): A comparative approach to identifying proactive prosocial motivations.

(2012) Judith Maria Burkart et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Life histories and the evolution of cooperative breeding in mammals

(2012) D. Lukas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cooperative breeding and monogamy in mammalian societies

(2012) D. Lukas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Antiquity of Empathy

(2012) F. B. M. de Waal   SCIENCE

The evolution of food sharing in primates

(2011) Adrian V. Jaeggi et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Punishment sustains large-scale cooperation in prestate warfare

(2011) S. Mathew et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary foundations of human prosocial sentiments

(2011) J. B. Silk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spontaneous prosocial choice by chimpanzees

(2011) V. Horner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Co-Residence Patterns in Hunter-Gatherer Societies Show Unique Human Social Structure

(2011) K. R. Hill et al.   SCIENCE

Culture–gene coevolution, norm-psychology and the emergence of human prosociality

(2011) Maciej Chudek et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

The influence of kin relationship and reciprocal context on chimpanzees' other-regarding preferences

(2010) Shinya Yamamoto et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Donor payoffs and other-regarding preferences in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

(2010) Jeffrey R. Stevens   ANIMAL COGNITION

Evolutionary forces favoring intragroup coalitions among spotted hyenas and other animals

(2010) Jennifer E. Smith et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Punishment and spite, the dark side of cooperation

(2010) K. Jensen   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Prosocial behaviour emerges independent of reciprocity in cottontop tamarins

(2010) K. A. Cronin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Coordinated Punishment of Defectors Sustains Cooperation and Can Proliferate When Rare

(2010) R. Boyd et al.   SCIENCE

Cognitive consequences of cooperative breeding in primates?

(2009) Judith Maria Burkart et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) do not develop contingent reciprocity in an experimental task

(2009) Sarah Frances Brosnan et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Cooperatively breeding cottontop tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) do not donate rewards to their long-term mates.

(2009) Katherine A. Cronin et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Nepotistic cooperation in non-human primate groups

(2009) J. B. Silk   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Culture and the evolution of human cooperation

(2009) R. Boyd et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Chimpanzees do not take advantage of very low cost opportunities to deliver food to unrelated group members

(2008) Jennifer Vonk et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The meat-scrap hypothesis: small quantities of meat may promote cooperative hunting in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

(2008) Claudio Tennie et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Egalitarianism in young children

(2008) Ernst Fehr et al.   NATURE