Researchers explore altruism's unexpected ally -- selfishness

Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 16:07 in Psychology & Sociology

Just as religions dwell upon the eternal battle between good and evil, angels and devils, evolutionary theorists dwell upon the eternal battle between altruistic and selfish behaviors in the Darwinian struggle for existence. In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, evolutionary theorists at Binghamton University suggest that selfishness might not be such a villain after all.

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