Evolutionary biologist Martin Nowak and author Roger Highfield explain how cooperation and altruism fit into the larger evolutionary puzzle. Chaired by Jonathan Rowson.
This has created some controversy.
Book:
http://www.amazon.com/SuperCooperators-Altruism-Evolution-Other-Succeed/dp/1439100187
The two pillars of evolution are mutation and natural selection: mutation generates diversity, and natural selection chooses the winner. The authors argue in this book, in order to get complexity, there is a third principle, co-operation. It's not just a small phenomenon, it is something that is really needed to explain the world as we see it. Read more ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/8382449/Martin-Nowak-a-helping-hand-for-evolution.html
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