The question isn’t whether other creatures share our concept of mortality; it’s whether any living being truly grasps what it ...

Evolutionary biologists and animal behaviorists have sought to identify the mechanisms that can explain what some have called the “problem of altruism.” Natural selection operates against ...

It is a comprehensive investigation of altruism, aka benevolence ... Humans are mammals, and like other mammals we are social animals. As we evolved, our social bonds helped ensure our survival ...

Reciprocal altruism occurs where the roles of the donor and recipient are later reversed. This often occurs in social animals. For example, vampire bats feed only on blood. An individual cannot ...

Having children led Elissa Strauss to explore what it means to care, and whether we can expand the care we have for our kids to others.

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Vampire bats are remarkable creatures that survive exclusively on blood, a diet rich in proteins but low in fats and sugars.

Among them are shared values, shared goals, loyalty, obedience, and altruism. These patterns of behavior had to ... Theory of ...

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Separated from its anchorage in religion, ethics has followed the social sciences in seeing human beings as fundamentally characterized by self-interest, so that altruism is either naively idealistic ...

In an era where travelers seek experiences that go beyond their typical sightseeing, volunteer travel has emerged as a ...