An article about the biological basis for human violence mentions research by SFI Professor Sam Bowles on the evolutionary roots of altruism and cooperation.
"Some of the most riveting research on the subject has involved collaborations between economists, anthropologists and theoretical biologists, who have developed quantitative models and computer simulations," writes Luke Glowacki. "Samuel Bowles of the Santa Fe Institute, for instance, has led multidisciplinary studies demonstrating how warfare may have contributed to the evolution of humanity's exceptional altruism."
Read the article in the Los Angeles Times (January 19, 2014)