Fairness is socially-learned, not innate, research suggests

A group of researchers working in 15 different areas across the globe may have answered one of the deeper questions of the human condition -- why are we fair to strangers we'll never see again?

That fairness makes possible the large, interconnected, market-based societies that have grown up mostly in the last 10,000 years.

Fairness is socially-learned, not innate, research suggests - Science Fair: Science and Space News - USATODAY.com

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