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by Christopher Boehm


  empathy, see emotions

  environments 2–3, 76, 80, 82, 102, 268, 317, 364, 379

  ethnocentrism 19, 135–136, 357, 359

  ethnographers 72, 77, 83, 85, 191, 216, 218, 223, 282, 300–301

  ethnographies 14, 80, 192, 201, 206, 214–216, 254, 258, 280, 294, 300, 326

  ethos 71, 214, 221, 300

  evolutionary conscience (see also conscience; protoconscience) 15, 30, 37, 53, 68, 71, 83, 98, 100, 106, 113, 129–130, 155, 157, 162, 168, 170, 175–176, 241, 291, 311–313, 322, 336

  evolutionary economists (see also Bowles, S.; Fehr, E.; Gintis, H.) 9, 326–327

  evolutionary theory (see also altruism; egoism; nepotism) 6, 9, 30, 54, 59, 63, 65–66, 73–74, 94, 98, 100, 129, 136, 141, 152–153, 157, 163, 173, 180, 209, 295, 297, 301, 304, 320, 325, 327, 330, 339, 373, 385

  coevolution 234

  costly signaling 189, 328, 367, 381

  docility selection 2, 58–59, 339

  evolutionary scenarios 5, 144, 153, 161, 264, 321–322, 328, 340

  evolutionary scholars 54–55, 57, 65, 204, 209

  focus (in genetic selection) 9, 16, 164, 191, 223, 240, 300, 303, 322, 324–325

  free-rider suppression, see free riders

  group selection 9, 30, 54, 59, 66, 94, 98, 100, 129, 152–153, 163, 173, 301, 320, 327, 330, 339, 373, 385

  kin selection 8, 11, 53, 55–57, 194, 295, 304, 325, 339, 366, 380, 385

  misplaced nepotism 6, 327, 330, 339, 373, 385

  mutualism 62, 204, 209, 305, 339

  punctuated evolution 162, 279, 316

  reciprocal altruism 63, 65, 73–74, 163, 180, 209, 295, 301, 304, 325, 339, 385

  runaway selection 188, 307

  selection-by-reputation vii, 64, 74, 293–295, 297, 299, 301, 303, 305–307, 309, 311, 313

  executions, see punishment

  exile, see punishment

  exploitation 25–26, 36, 66, 131, 142, 196–197, 248

  extrafamilial generosity, see generosity

  families, see kinship

  famine (see also scarcity) 77, 81, 87, 268, 272, 274–275, 277–279, 289, 291

  normal subsistence 268, 276, 290, 334

  Fehr, E. 365, 368, 375, 382

  females 26, 61, 65, 85–86, 97, 107–108, 110–112, 125, 137, 140, 144, 166, 179, 188, 246, 254, 307, 309, 319–320, 336, 366

  fieldwork 70, 186, 206, 214, 223

  fights 138–139, 257, 260, 262, 271, 288, 299, 352, 366

  fitness, see reproductive success

  Flack, J. 363–364, 366, 370–374, 381–382

  flexibility in adaptation 212, 276–277, 289, 291, 334, 358

  focus (in genetic selection), see evolutionary theory

  foragers (see also Late-Pleistocene-appropriate [LPA] foraging societies) 4, 34, 36, 38, 46–47, 53, 61–62, 75–82, 96, 109–111, 134, 137, 141, 146, 158–159, 164, 169, 180, 186, 189, 195, 199, 202, 205, 207, 214, 223, 227–228, 233, 259, 270, 275, 277–278, 289, 291, 295, 298, 300, 304, 322

  Frank, R. 365, 368, 382

  free riders (see also deviants) vii, 9, 13, 16–17, 49, 51, 53–55, 57, 59–61, 63–69, 71–74, 83, 152, 180, 184, 189, 194–195, 197, 199–207, 210, 241, 264, 305, 308–311, 313, 318–319, 321, 327, 368

  bullies 64, 66–67, 69, 72, 152, 156, 159, 166, 169, 195–197, 201–202, 204, 206–207, 210, 236–237, 241–242, 245, 308–313

  cheaters 11, 34, 38, 54, 60–64, 66–69, 80, 86, 99, 155, 161, 163, 166–168, 194, 196, 200, 202, 221, 236–237, 241–242, 262, 290, 308–311, 313, 320

  the free rider problem 54, 60, 68, 194, 197, 207

  genes 201, 204, 206

  suppression of 13, 17, 64, 69, 73–74, 83, 202, 204, 206, 241, 305, 308, 313, 318, 327, 368

  thieves 34, 64, 67, 80, 86, 99, 152–153, 161, 163, 167, 293, 308, 313, 320

  Gallup, G. 103–104, 370, 377

  game theory 205, 303, 326

  games 224–225, 235–236, 270, 351

  gang attacks 95, 138, 140, 147–148, 165

  Gardner, P. 370–371

  gene frequencies 75, 166, 200, 294

  generosity (see also altruism) 7–8, 15, 34, 49–58, 65, 67, 69, 140, 182, 187–189, 193, 214–215, 219–220, 246, 264, 270, 273–274, 278, 280–281, 287, 289, 291, 294, 297–302, 304–305, 314, 326, 333, 335, 347–349, 352, 354, 359, 380

  beneficence 9, 293–295

  donations 56, 181–183, 296

  extrafamilial 9–11, 17–18, 51, 54–55, 57, 60, 62–64, 72, 74, 190–192, 204, 210–211, 271–272, 290, 323, 329, 331, 333–334, 340

  genes (see also reproductive success) 10–11, 29, 43, 50, 58, 60, 70, 80, 94, 98–99, 140, 147, 166, 176, 184, 210, 217–218, 234–235, 316–317, 331, 333, 354, 367

  aggressive genes 331

  gene pools 3–4, 15–17, 54, 64, 74–75, 87, 93, 159, 169, 178, 194, 196, 199–200, 237, 276, 292, 306, 331–332, 335, 338, 341, 343, 362, 374

  genotypes 15, 161, 165, 200

  phenotypes 65, 67, 69, 165, 173, 200–201, 363

  traits 18, 28, 64, 97, 102, 164, 179, 189, 197, 299, 308, 339

  genome 83, 90, 305, 339

  genotypes, see genes

  Gintis, H. 217, 364–367, 372, 376, 382

  global community of nations 335, 345, 348–349

  golden rules (see also altruism) 10, 49–50, 54, 180, 294, 302, 312, 314, 331, 357, 359

  Gombe 36, 58, 102–103, 105, 117, 125, 137–138, 148, 361, 382

  Goodall, J. 36, 58, 102, 117, 126, 138, 189, 362, 371–373, 378

  gorillas 90–91, 93, 95–97, 101, 103, 107–108, 110, 113, 115–116, 118, 125, 133, 136, 147

  gossip, see social control

  Greedy Individuals, see Aché safety net study

  group consensus 35, 39, 67, 195

  group dynamics 208

  group leader 109, 193

  group punishment, see punishment

  group selection (see also natural selection) 11–12, 59–60, 63, 65, 73–74, 136, 156, 163, 194, 209–210, 304, 326–327, 329, 339–340, 368, 380–381

  Darwin and 134

  models of 13, 65, 194, 305, 325, 368

  guilt, see emotions

  Gurven, M. 366–367, 369, 374, 380, 385

  Hadza 219–220, 299, 301, 306, 380

  Haidt, J. 173, 361–362, 374, 378

  Hare, R. 27, 29, 40, 45, 365

  Hewlett, B. 372, 377

  Hill, K. 36, 367–369, 372, 375, 380, 385

  historical analysis (see also natural history) 17, 324–325

  Homo erectus 145–146, 153–154, 163, 312, 339

  Homo habilis 145

  homology 93–95, 329–330, 370

  Hrdy, S. 370, 372, 374, 376, 382

  human nature 10, 14, 53, 74–75, 83, 162, 178, 191, 253, 267, 273, 325–327, 335, 343, 358, 360

  hunger, see famine

  hunter-gatherers 20, 31, 34, 36, 42, 45, 52, 63, 68, 107, 143, 178, 184, 189–191, 193, 199, 206–208, 211, 214, 216, 218, 234, 239, 245, 255, 273, 276, 279–281, 294, 298, 301–302, 306, 332–334, 376

  bands 51, 55, 57, 96, 141, 166, 183, 240, 335, 346, 355, 357

  hunters (large game) 37, 41–42, 44, 47, 50, 61, 96, 142, 150, 160, 185, 207, 219, 260, 263, 269, 299, 303, 320, 346, 348, 355–356

  hunting (large game) 38–40, 43, 62, 79, 136–139, 141–142, 145–146, 149, 152–153, 155–156, 162–163, 171, 188, 216, 230, 257, 275, 277, 312, 317, 320, 336

  hunting, cooperative 139, 141

  hypotheses 64, 116, 152, 156, 168, 170, 176, 279, 297, 306–308, 312–313, 317, 319–321, 338, 366

  moral origins 7, 151–153, 155, 157, 161

  working hypotheses 131, 144, 149, 151, 165, 195, 328, 340

  incest, see deviants

  indignation, see emotions

  indirect reciprocity, see reciprocity

  inequality aversion 69, 327, 332

  infants, see children

  informants 171, 256–257, 260–261, 300

  internalization of rules, see rules

 
; intimidation (see also dominance; aggression) 47, 54, 65, 67, 71–72, 84–86, 108, 151–153, 196–197, 199–200, 207–208, 241, 244, 260, 311

  Inuit (see also Inuttiaq; Kokonwatsiark) 70, 72, 192, 196, 198, 203, 215–216, 224–225, 230, 233–234, 256, 258, 271, 273–274, 309, 376

  Inuttiaq (Inuit) 71–72, 241, 247–248, 309–310

  joking 64, 71–72, 183, 254, 257

  Kaplan, H. 367, 372

  Keeley, L. 274, 369, 372, 375, 379, 382

  Kelly, Raymond 369, 373, 382

  Kelly, Robert 189, 297–298, 364, 369, 372–376, 380

  Kiehl, K. 29, 40, 45, 365

  killing (see also murder; punishment) 83, 165, 207

  bonobos 110

  chimpanzees 111

  humans 26, 29, 47, 85, 99, 158–159, 253–255, 258–261, 263, 313, 346, 350, 377

  kin selection, see evolutionary theory

  kinship 8, 21, 144, 339

  families 8, 10, 35–38, 41, 44, 50, 53, 63, 74, 80–82, 98–99, 131, 142, 144, 171, 184–187, 207, 216, 234, 246–247, 252, 258, 267–268, 270–272, 275–280, 285–286, 289–291, 304–305, 331–334, 338

  kin groups 44, 279, 380

  kinsmen 37, 56, 87, 159, 207, 252, 259, 261

  nonkin 9, 11, 56–60, 140, 180, 182–183, 191–192, 272, 275, 277–278, 289, 293, 305, 339, 364

  relatives 9, 39, 42, 60, 183, 192, 207, 209, 222, 259–260, 262, 305

  unrelated families 10, 53, 80, 194, 269–270

  Klein, R. 369–370, 372–373, 381

  Knauft, B. 373, 378

  Koko (gorilla) 125–128

  Kokonwatsiark (Inuit) 252

  Konner, M. 228, 376–377

  !Kung (see also Bushmen) 43, 63, 77, 215, 227, 240, 253–256, 260–261, 272, 281, 300, 304–306, 366

  Lamb, M. E. 377

  Lamb, S. 370, 376–377

  language (see also American Sign Language) 35–36, 43, 52, 64, 67, 77, 102, 104, 116, 118, 235, 244, 318, 332, 350

  body language 21, 23, 125, 244

  evolution of 20, 43, 52, 67, 77, 102, 104, 118, 235, 244, 318, 332

  used in social control, see social control

  vocabularies 119–121, 124

  large game (see also sharing) 37, 51, 61, 80, 82, 109, 140, 153, 155, 157, 159–160, 182, 185, 195, 221, 246, 268, 274, 303, 352

  carcasses 44, 96, 137–139, 141, 143, 151–152, 156, 160–161, 211, 221, 268, 271, 319, 334, 381

  hunting (see also hunting) 18, 38, 131, 137, 143–144, 146, 148, 151, 154–155, 157, 162–163, 268, 340, 358

  meat possessors 138, 140

  Late-Pleistocene-appropriate (LPA) foraging societies 82, 99, 143, 156, 163, 189, 191, 197, 218–220, 224, 227, 235, 247, 255, 258–259, 262, 268, 271–272, 281, 289, 291, 298, 301, 305, 311, 316, 332, 351

  definition of 79–80

  LPA research project 362

  Leacock, E. 219–220, 376

  least common denominators 113, 134, 141, 147

  Lee, R. B. 43, 254–256, 258–260, 365, 368–369, 371, 373, 375–376, 378–379

  LPA foragers, see Late-Pleistocene-appropriate foraging societies

  Lucy (chimpanzee) 102–103, 119, 121–122, 124–125

  Manyalibo (Pygmy) 39–40, 42

  Marlowe, F. 299–300, 367, 369, 375, 380

  marriage 15, 61, 64, 73–74, 87, 174, 187–188, 250, 294, 298–300, 304–305

  pair bonding 61–62, 108, 139, 247, 304, 306, 313

  spouses 297, 299–300

  Mayr, E. 16, 317, 364, 367, 381–382

  Mead, G. H. 101, 370

  meat possessors, see large game

  meat sharing, see sharing

  monkeys 89, 103, 138, 366

  Montenegro 214, 223, 240

  moral beliefs 34, 80, 118, 157, 289, 291

  moral codes 31, 34, 135, 175, 211

  moral communities 37, 41, 100, 104, 114, 213–215, 235, 245, 323, 343–344, 346–349, 351, 353, 357

  moral consensus 34, 177, 245

  moral development 218, 227, 235

  moral dilemmas 115, 174, 216, 224, 226, 228, 234, 263, 332

  hypothetical 31, 121, 224, 233

  stressful 230, 234

  moral evolution vii, 17, 24, 87, 89, 95, 99, 131, 134, 136, 169–170, 173, 176, 179, 209–210, 244, 312–313, 322–323, 325–326, 330, 336–338, 360

  moral flexibility 95, 176

  moral majorities 169, 251, 263, 347

  moral malfeasance 251, 253

  moral nature 326, 337, 360

  moral origins 1, 94, 133, 151, 155, 161, 169, 172, 247, 316–317, 322–323, 343, 370

  moral reputations 32, 50, 104, 114, 131, 165, 175, 177, 203, 242, 263, 276

  moral systems 114, 166, 193, 345, 385

  morality 5, 7, 12–15, 17, 29, 33, 44, 99, 106, 134, 136, 175, 239, 321–322, 325, 329, 339, 347, 359

  morals vii, 17, 24, 100, 115, 122, 131, 202, 213, 216, 223, 316, 318, 323–324, 326–327

  murder (see also killing) 26, 34, 71, 84, 107, 196–197, 202, 252–255, 257–260, 263

  mutualism, see evolutionary theory

  myths, see stories

  natural history (see also historical analysis) 102, 311, 325–327

  natural selection (see also evolutionary theory) 5, 7, 12–13, 53–54, 56, 64–65, 92, 94, 101, 143, 162, 168, 172–173, 176, 180, 184, 187–188, 276–277, 279, 289, 293, 298, 301, 304, 313, 316–317, 326, 329, 332–333, 367, 381

  hereditary variation 2–4

  sexual selection 64, 74, 163–164, 166, 306–307

  social evolution 13, 324

  social selection (see also evolutionary theory; punitive social selection) vii, 15–17, 33, 63, 73–74, 80, 83, 87, 131, 136, 147, 149, 152, 156–157, 163–167, 169, 178–179, 181, 183, 185, 187–189, 191, 193–195, 197, 199, 201, 203, 205, 207, 209–211, 237, 306, 308, 312, 321, 331, 334, 339

  Ne’er-Do-Wells, see Aché safety net study

  nepotism, biological (see also evolutionary theory) 9–11, 13, 53, 56–57, 83, 142, 187, 267, 272–274, 276–278, 280, 290, 333–334

  Nesse, R. 364, 374, 381

  Netsilik 77, 192, 215–216, 252, 255, 257–258, 268–269, 274, 277, 280, 289, 303

  Nisa (!Kung) 215, 226, 228–234, 281–283, 285–288, 294

  ostracism, see punishment

  out-groupers 94, 135

  outrage, see emotions

  Pan species, see Ancestral Pan (see also bonobos; chimpanzees)

  parents 8, 24, 50, 86, 99, 107, 118, 170, 187, 250, 258, 277, 299–300

  fathers 86, 97, 124, 222, 229–230, 232, 262, 283–284, 286, 365

  mothers 57, 97–98, 110, 117–118, 140, 174, 228–233, 235–236, 251, 262, 281–287, 330

  Parker, I. 371, 373

  partnerships 8, 15, 61–63, 73, 139, 149, 165, 194, 200, 269, 294, 301, 303, 305–306, 379

  peers 30, 34, 46–47, 55, 67–68, 72, 86, 97, 99, 106, 175, 177, 226, 253

  Peterson, N. 370, 372–375, 379

  phenotypes, see genes

  Philanthropists, see Aché safety net study

  plant foods 92, 146, 216, 274–276, 291, 317

  Pleistocene 76, 136, 278, 291, 337, 343, 353

  Pleistocene, Late 34, 65, 76, 78, 81, 95, 135–136, 213, 276, 289–290, 292, 304, 327, 360

  preadaptations 94–95, 101, 106, 152–153, 304, 317, 325, 330

  building blocks 89, 92, 129, 317, 325, 329–330

  predecessors 14, 18, 75–76, 90–91, 109, 135

  prefrontal cortex 24–25, 27, 100, 173

  premodern humans 106, 131, 144, 150, 155, 161, 169, 245, 308, 319

  protoconscience 161, 168–169, 312, 318

  psychology, evolutionary 324–326, 385

  psychopaths (see also deviants) 25–29, 40, 44–45, 68, 129, 175

  public opinion, see social control

  punctuated evolution, see evolutionary theory

  punishment 15, 17, 19, 21–23, 26, 31–32, 34, 62, 72, 75, 122, 124–125, 149, 152–153, 172, 195, 202–203, 205–211, 217, 22
1, 242, 282, 287, 291, 311, 319, 326–327, 331

  banishment 46–47, 67–68, 87, 148, 169, 200–201, 237, 249, 350

  capital punishment 28, 35, 42, 46–47, 56, 67, 84–87, 96, 111, 147, 156, 158–159, 162–163, 165, 168, 197, 199–200, 207, 240–241, 249, 252–253, 257–261, 263–264, 309, 324, 329, 350

  ostracism 35, 46, 67, 86, 107, 167, 200, 216, 247–249, 251, 350, 378

  physical punishment 118, 199, 227, 229, 286

  punitive social selection (see also natural selection) 83, 95, 157, 162, 164–165, 167–168, 173, 197, 200, 317, 321, 333

  Pygmies (see also Manyalibo; Cephu) 39–40, 42

  quarrels 110, 138, 160, 256–259, 271

  reciprocity 49, 61, 302

  indirect reciprocity 50–51, 61, 63–64, 166–167, 179, 181–187, 193, 211–212, 214, 269, 273, 289–291, 302, 307–308, 311, 348, 352

  reciprocal altruism, see evolutionary theory

  remorse, see emotions

  reproductive success 31, 86, 114, 164, 167–168, 188, 263, 296–297, 307, 333–334

  costs 8, 57, 60–61, 63, 68, 149, 185, 187–188, 193, 197, 205–207, 241, 271, 381

  fitness 7–8, 15, 28, 30–31, 55, 65–66, 68, 86, 114, 130, 148–149, 152, 159, 162, 164, 188–189, 226, 245, 264, 305–310, 328, 334

  reputation (see also evolutionary theory) 167, 176, 187–188, 197, 200, 203, 209–210, 221, 243, 270, 297–300, 303

  bad reputation 167, 211, 303

  generous reputation 73, 295–296

  social reputation 31–32, 64, 114, 183–184, 239, 294, 301

  rewards, see social rewards

  Richerson, P.J. 366, 368, 370, 380

  ridicule, see social control

  risks 12, 68, 118, 189, 193, 205, 207, 308, 347, 349, 353

  rules 8, 21–24, 27–28, 38, 45, 49, 51, 101, 106–108, 111, 114–116, 122, 128–129, 141, 169, 172–173, 175, 180, 187, 200, 218–220, 228, 233, 235–237, 244, 272, 289, 293, 312, 328, 333, 344, 346

  behavioral rules 113, 225

  group rules 17, 27, 30, 34, 42, 68, 113–114, 176, 216–217, 313

  internalization of rules 29, 32, 68, 152, 157, 176, 221, 223, 227, 236, 245, 321

  moral rules 26, 31, 33, 35, 37, 277

  social rules 98–99, 130

  runaway selection, see evolutionary theory

  sanctioning (see also punishment; social control; social rewards; subordinate coalitions) 41–42, 45, 67, 72, 83, 86, 122, 124, 155–156, 162–163, 165, 195, 197–198, 201–203, 206–209, 217, 220–221, 225, 239, 241–242, 244, 248, 251, 264–265, 268, 273, 311, 313, 325, 345

 

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