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April 30, 2010

Maasai tribe in Kenya. An example of a large group with maintained cooperation.

Image shows a Maasai tribe at dawn in Kenya. This image is an example of a human society with maintained cooperation. How this cooperation originates and is maintained is the topic of this paper by Boyd and colleagues.

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