News articles tagged with 'altruism'
More reasons to be nice: It's less work for everyone
— 10 Mar 2011 18:58 | HealthA polite act shows respect. But a new study of a common etiquette - holding a door for someone - suggests that courtesy may have a more practical, though unconscious, shared motivation:…
Research sheds light on altruism
— 22 Sep 2010 09:25 | HealthUsing digital evolution techniques that give scientists the ability to watch evolution in action, Michigan State University researchers have shed new light on what it is that makes…
Red squirrels: Altruists or self-serving survivalists?
— 3 Jun 2010 14:07 | BiologyA University of Alberta researcher has discovered a rare practice by red squirrels that seems to have human-like dimensions of altruism, but at its heart is also a survival tactic…
Study reveals potential evolutionary role for same-sex attraction
— 7 Feb 2010 15:20 | HealthMale homosexuality doesn't make complete sense from an evolutionary point of view. It appears that the trait is heritable, but because homosexual men are much less likely to produce…
UC Berkeley social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest'
— 10 Dec 2009 08:45 | HealthResearchers at UC Berkeley are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of…
Chimpanzees help each other on request but not voluntarily
— 15 Oct 2009 10:06 | BiologyThe evolution of altruism has long puzzled researchers and has mainly been explained previously from ultimate perspectives - I will help you now because I expect there to be some long-term…
Self-sacrifice among strangers has more to do with nurture than nature
— 13 Oct 2009 10:15 | HealthSocially learned behaviour and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behaviour we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood…
Cooperative cichlids boost their own reproductive success
— 16 May 2009 11:57 | BiologySubordinate individuals living within a group of vertebrates sometimes assist a more dominant pair by helping to raise the dominant pair's offspring and this has been shown to occur…
Being altruistic may make you attractive
— 15 Oct 2008 10:58 | HealthDisplays of altruism or selflessness towards others can be sexually attractive in a mate. This is one of the findings of a study carried out by biologists and a psychologist at The…
Scientists explore altruism's unexpected ally - selfishness
— 3 May 2008 16:00 | HealthJust as religions dwell upon the eternal battle between good and evil, angels and devils, evolutionary theorists dwell upon the eternal battle between altruistic and selfish behaviours…