The Selfish Gene posits that genes are the fundamental units of evolution, rather than organisms themselves. This perspective provides a cohesive framework for understanding a wide array of biological phenomena, emphasizing the central role of genes in shaping life and evolutionary processes.
The author of the classic The Selfish Gene is still changing the way we think about evolution.
- SOURCE:
- Richard Dawkins, professor emeritus of the public understanding of science at Oxford University.
- RESOURCES:
- The Genetic Book of the Dead, by Richard Dawkins (2024).
- Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution, by Richard Dawkins (2021).
- "About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated," by Gregory A. Smith (Pew Research Center, 2021).
- Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature, by Nick Davies (2015).
- The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (2006).
- "Why the Universe Seems So Strange," by Richard Dawkins (TED Global, 2005).
- "Surprising Stats About Child Carseats," by Steve Levitt (TED Global, 2005).
- "Genes and Memes," by John Maynard Smith (London Review of Books, 1982).
- The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene, by Richard Dawkins (1982).
- The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins (1976).
- "Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children," by Gary Becker and Nigel Tomes (Journal of Political Economy, 1976).
- "Selective Pecking in the Domestic Chick," by Richard Dawkins (University of Oxford Ph.D. thesis, 1966).