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by maigret 5242 days ago
Science seems to agree with you [1]. The human race is so successful because from almost birth on, humans are collaborating. Some patterns can be seen where small children are much more willing to collaborate and after success to share the result of work with others than apes with similar individual problem solving capabilities.

[1] http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&...