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1 Evolutionary Perspectives
Week 8

2 Altruism in Animals Do you think animals can be altruistic?
Do your own pets show any altruistic tendencies?

3 Altruism in Animals

4 Evolutionary Psychology Perspectives
How did altruism evolve? What evidence do we have?

5 De Waal (2008) Putting the Altruism Back in Altruism: The Evolution of Empathy

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7 Poulin (2012) Our Genes Want Us to Be Altruists

8 Evolutionary Perspectives
What do these articles say about the origins of altruism and morality in humans?

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