Showing posts with label eusociality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eusociality. Show all posts

8/18/10

Essay collection from Colorado State University

I was looking up references on eusocial aphids for a paper I'm working on, and found this nicely written review article by Tim Judd.   Always a sucker for working my way up complex URL's, I found that there is a large collection of student essays on all sorts of interesting entomological topics. Check it out!

(p.s. I think the prof is Louis Bjostad)
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5/11/10

How cooperation is maintained in human societies

Humans are incredibly cooperative, but why do people cooperate and how is cooperation maintained? A new research study by UCLA anthropology professor Robert Boyd and his colleagues from the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico suggests cooperation in large groups is maintained by punishment.

Link to Article on ScienceDaily