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The Evolution Of A Renegade - David Sloan Wilson

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Difference Between Inclusive Fitness Theory and Multi-Level Selection Theory

The idea that a trait can be selectively disadvantageous in every group where it exists, but still evolve seems impossible. The distinction between inclusive fitness theory and multi-level selection theory was not at all understood when they were first developed. So there's something genuinely subtle about some of these distinctions that required very smart people quite a lot of time to work through.

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