When one individual helps another, it benefits the recipient and may also gain a reputation
for being cooperative. This may induce others to favour the helper in subsequent …

Consensus algorithms are applied in the context of distributed computer systems to improve
their fault tolerance. The explosive development of distributed ledger technology following …

Music comprises a diverse category of cognitive phenomena that likely represent both the
effects of psychological adaptations that are specific to music (eg, rhythmic entrainment) and …

The most widely cited explanation for the evolution of reliable signals is Zahavi's so‐called
Handicap Principle, which proposes that signals are honest because they are costly to …

The bird dawn chorus has fascinated humans since ancient times, but still today numerous
questions remain unclear. This chapter will explore this puzzling phenomenon, a communal …

Protecting the environment is a social dilemma: environmental protection benefits everyone
but is individually costly. We propose that protecting the environment is similar to other types …

ABSTRACT A central paradigm in evolutionary biology is that the fundamental divergence in
the fitness interests of the sexes ('sexual conflict') can lead to both the evolution of sex …

The aesthetic preferences of potential mates have driven the evolution of a baffling diversity
of elaborate ornaments. Which fitness benefit—if any—choosers gain from expressing such …

Humans frequently perform extravagant and seemingly costly behaviors, such as widely
sharing hunted resources, erecting conspicuous monumental structures, and performing …

Vocal affect is a subcomponent of emotion programs that coordinate a variety of
physiological and psychological systems. Emotional vocalizations comprise a suite of vocal …