@article {315629, title = {Social selection is a powerful explanation for prosociality.}, journal = {Behav Brain Sci}, volume = {39}, year = {2016}, month = {01/2016 }, abstract = {

Cultural group selection helps explain human cooperation, but social selection offers a complementary, more powerful explanation. Just as sexual selection shapes extreme traits that increase matings, social selection shapes extreme traits that make individuals preferred social partners. Self-interested partner choices create strong and possibly runaway selection for prosocial traits, without requiring group selection, kin selection, or reciprocity.

}, keywords = {Biological Evolution, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Phenotype, Reproduction, Selection, Genetic, Social Behavior}, issn = {1469-1825}, doi = {10.1017/S0140525X15000308}, author = {Nesse, Randolph M} }