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Direct linkDennis, Catherine – Journal of Biological Education, 2015
Darwin's theory of evolution is explicitly competitive, yet co-operation between individuals is a common phenomenon. The Prisoner's Dilemma model is central to the teaching of the evolution of co-operation. The best-known explorations of the Prisoner's Dilemma are the tournaments run by Robert Axelrod in the 1980s. Aimed at students of biological…
Descriptors: Game Theory, Evolution, Cooperation, Biology
Arteaga, Juan Manuel Sanchez; El-Hani, Charbel N. – Science & Education, 2012
This paper analyzes the debates on "interracial competition" and "racial extinction" in the biological discourse on human evolution during the second half of the nineteenth century. Our intention is to discuss the ideological function of these biological concepts as tools for the naturalization and scientific legitimation of racial hierarchies…
Descriptors: Evolution, Race, Play, Competition
