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The Moral Animal by Robert Wright. It's one of the best books I've read about the topic and I've read quite a few. I double majored in psychology and philosophy as an undergrad then went onto grad school for clinical psych, so I'm very familiar with all the literature on the subject. The Moral Animal is the most accurate and easy-to-understand book I can think of.
There has indeed been a lot of work done on evolutionary psychology. It's a field that is often criticized for producing untestable hypotheses and overly simple answers to complex questions, but nonetheless it can give some insight into why people act the way they do.
Here's a couple books to start you out:
The Moral Animal
How the Mind Works