Tag: Michael Muthukrishna

Cultural Evolution. In Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, 2nd Edition. Chudek, M., Muthukrishna, M. & Henrich, J. (2015) Edited by D. M. Buss.

Reproduced from: http://michael.muthukrishna.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Chudek_Muthukrishna_Henrich_cultural_evolution.pdf CULTURAL EVOLUTION Maciej Chudek School of Human Evolution and Social Change Arizona State University Michael Muthukrishna University of British Columbia Department of Psychology Joseph Henrich University of British Columbia Department of Psychology Department of Economics You and I are very unusual beasts. Our ancestors, mere African primates, spread across the globe tens of… Read More

“Bribery, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Prosocial Institutions” By Michael Muthukrishna

Reproduced from: http://evonomics.com/corruption-cultural-evolution-cooperation-bribery/ [with emphasis added, maths corrected] Bribery, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Prosocial Institutions  How the science of cooperation and cultural evolution will give us new tools in combating corruption  By Michael Muthukrishna There is nothing natural [1] about democracy. There is nothing natural about living in communities with complete strangers. There is nothing natural about… Read More