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Kin selection is a weaker explanation of social evolution than standard natural selection

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evolutionary biology Natural selection as an explanation, including the problem of how cooperation survives it.

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  1. Edward O. Wilson Biologist (1929 to 2021), founder of sociobiology
    One of the key ideas to explain this has been kin selection theory or inclusive fitness, which argues that individuals cooperate according to how they are related. I have had doubts about it for quite a while. Standard natural selection is simpler and superior.

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