title: Gene-culture coevolution and the nature of human sociality.
abstract: Human characteristics are the product of gene-culture coevolution, which is an evolutionary dynamic involving the interaction of genes and culture over long time periods. Gene-culture coevolution is a special case of niche construction. Gene-culture coevolution is responsible for human other-regarding preferences, a taste for fairness, the capacity to empathize and salience of morality and character virtues.
authors.affiliation: Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA. hgintis@comcast.net
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gintis
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012919:Social Behavior; D013997:Time Factors