[lbo-talk] Altruism

c b cb31450 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 12 14:18:31 PDT 2011


Check out Gould, Structure of Evolutionary Theory. In contrast to the dogma "natural selection must occur at the level of the individual organism," Gould argues the there is in fact clear empirical support for a hierarchical theory of selection. In his view, natural selection acts at the level of gene, cell, organism, deme, and species, and he bolsters his case with compelling data. Interesting stuff.

Miles

CB: The whole book seems to be here:

http://scilib.narod.ru/Biology/Gould/index.html



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