Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation |
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| Authors: | Peter Andras John Lazarus Gilbert Roberts |
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| Affiliation: | (1) School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;(2) Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
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| Abstract: | Background A major cornerstone of evolutionary biology theory is the explanation of the emergence of cooperation in communities of selfish individuals. There is an unexplained tendency in the plant and animal world – with examples from alpine plants, worms, fish, mole-rats, monkeys and humans – for cooperation to flourish where the environment is more adverse (harsher) or more unpredictable. |
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