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So This Is the (Real) Tale of Our Castaways: Lessons from Shipwrecked Micro-Societies

Survivor communities manifested cooperation in diverse ways: sharing food equitably; taking care of injured or sick colleagues; working together to dig wells, bury the dead, co-ordinate a defense, or maintain signal fires; or jointly planning to build a boat or secure rescue.

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So This Is the (Real) Tale of Our Castaways: Lessons from Shipwrecked Micro-Societies
The Raft of the Medusa (Le Radeau de la Méduse) by Théodore Géricault, 1818-1819.

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