When people must share things, what does it mean to share fairly? Do all people around the world have the same idea of what
Content Anchor: Child development
We present a teaching tool, used widely in other parts of science and science education, yet perhaps underutilized in human evolution education—the causal map—as
Evolutionary anthropologists commonly describe humans as a highly cooperative species, based on our evolved socio-cognitive capacities. However, students and the general public may not
These lesson materials introduce students to issues of fairness and various interpretations of it. Reflecting on results of a cross-cultural experiment with children, students
A comparative behavioral research experiment exploring the abilities of chimpanzees and of children to cooperate around a shared resource.
Distributing the spoils of a joint enterprise on the basis of work contribution or relative productivity seems natural to the modern Western mind. But