This chapter explores humanity’s “hyper-cooperativity,” as described by new and longstanding research in evolutionary biology, and the way the biology illuminates work on human relationality and covenantality in the areas of theology and ontology. It appears in the 2024 book, Assembling […]
We are not naturally competitively aggressive and polarized; we are hyper-cooperative by evolution. Have a look at my chapter, “What Does Evolutionary Biology Tell Us about Relationality as a Basis for Economics and Politics?” in the new book, Assembling Futures: Economy, Ecology, Democracy, and Religion (2024), edited by Jennifer Quigley and Catherine Keller, Fordham University Press. Click here
With all the news about polarization and strife, it might be worthwhile having a look at this article about the evolutionary biology evidence for human cooperativity. Click here: Evolutionary Evidence for Human Cooperativitv
Click here for article > The Nature of Humanity & the Origins of Religion This article looks at the evolutionary biology evidence for human relationality and “hypercooperativity” that was the human modus vivendi until relatively recent agrarianism. It was published in […]