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Evolution "for the Good of the Group"

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Excellent article, but the closing section, Human Evolution, does not go clearly far enough in terms of the implications of genetic imperative and uniquely human _deliberative capability_: It is my ar...
posted by Perry Bezanis
September 17, 2008 @ 8:36 PM

The example involving caged hens is unlikely to involve any kind of group selection for 'goodness'. See: Aarssen, L.W. (2008) Group-selection for ‘goodness’? An account of chickens, a comparison wi...
posted by Lonnie Aarssen
December 22, 2008 @ 2:28 PM

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