'Nature' Paper Refigures the Evolution of Altruism
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 14:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1871, Charles Darwin puzzled over the evolution of altruism. "He who was ready to sacrifice his life, as many a savage has been," he wrote in The Descent of Man, "rather than betray his comrades, would often leave no offspring to inherit his noble nature."