The Quintessential Group Selection Question

Group selection is about traits that are further for the good of the group. So a trait shared by a group did not evolve by group selection if the trait only affects individuals and it's not a social trait. Darwin, at the beginning, thought that his theory of natural selection could explain all aspects of design that had been attributed to a creator. But gradually he realized that that was not the case. Everything that we regard as morally virtuous.

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