One of the characteristics of psychopathy, apparently, is charm. They're charmingtheras that can increase their reproductive success icial charm. But if you don't actually believe it, your fellow group members are going to catch on and give off tells. It's in our nature to want to be pro social, co operative under the right conditions. And i think we have a pretty good handle on how that develops now. That's about as good as it gets.
In a few decades, a torrent of new evidence and ideas about human evolution has allowed scientists to piece together a more detailed understanding of what went on thousands and even millions of years ago. Lesley Newson and Peter Richerson, a husband-and-wife team based at the University of California, Davis, have spent years together and individually researching and collaborating with scholars from a wide range of disciplines to produce a deep history of humankind. In A Story of Us, they present this rich narrative and explain how the evolution of our genes relates to the evolution of our cultures.