title: Humans are ultrasocial and emotional.
abstract: Given the highly social nature of the human emotion system, it is likely that it subserved the evolution of ultrasociality. We review how the experience and functions of human emotions enable social processes that promote ultrasociality (e.g., cooperation). We also point out that emotion may represent one route to redress one of the negative consequences of ultrasociality: ecosystem domination.
authors: School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. lwilliams@unsw.edu.au www.williamssocialemotionslab.com
authors: Lisa A
authors: LA
authors: Williams
authors: California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616. eblissmoreau@ucdavis.edu www.elizablissmoreau.com
authors: Eliza
authors: E
authors: Bliss-Moreau
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012919:Social Behavior