Exploring why different groups of people, zebras, and even ants make nice
"Cooperation can make us stronger, building alliances and increasing the availability of resources. A recent symposium hosted by the Human Evolutionary Biology Initiative brought together researchers to examine this principle, sharing studies and findings on intergroup cooperation from a variety of fields. Focusing on the crossing of social boundaries, the full day of presentations featured psychologists, evolutionary biologists, and more, all addressing how animals from ants to zebras to humans work with each other — or don’t."
Author: Clea Simon for The FAS Current