... from being completely eliminated.
Individuals who behave altruistically are vulnerable to exploitation by more selfish individuals within their own group, but groups of altruists can robustly out- ...
... , peace-loving bonobo counterparts, chimpanzees are often seen as a scheming, war-mongering, and selfish species. As both apes are allegedly our closest relatives, together they are often depicted as ...
... . Since renowned British biologist Richard Dawkins ("The God Delusion") introduced the concept of the 'selfish gene' in 1976, scientists the world over have hailed the theory as a natural extension to ...
... theory of evolution with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. In the book, Dawkins proposed the idea ... issue of the journal Genetics claims to have isolated the first concrete proof of a selfish gene.
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... of evolution, just behind mutation and natural selection, is difficult to explain in the context of an evolutionary process based on competition between individuals and selfish behaviour.
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... .” As a long-time bibliophile this made it irresistible, but I was also intrigued by the incongruity of “selfish herd” and of linking geometry to animals. I have to report that the paper certainly is ...
... The Huffington Post, exposing the contradictions that lie at the heart of selfish gene theory.
He’s run a series of ... to semantic confusion, you can't beat selfish gene theory.”
It just makes me feel ...
... when one anthropomorphizes.
“The key question, as we shall see, is how natural selection can produce selfish genes that prescribe unselfishness.”Bert Hölldobler and Edward.O.Wilson, The Ants
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In light of the popularity of this piece, here are some things to keep in mind about 'selfish' genes:
1. The basic issue is about the unit of selection - does natural selection choose allele, ...
I’ve been prompted to write this because of the misconceptions about the concept of the “Selfish Gene” in Evolutionary theory – evident in both blog replies on this site and more widely.
I get really ...
I’ve been prompted to write this because of the misconceptions about the concept of the “Selfish Gene” in Evolutionary theory – evident in both blog replies on this site and more widely.
I get really ...
... , but which also sparked a highly charged debate between Wilson and Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene.
Dr Hughes and colleagues at the Universities of Sydney and Sussex tested the two ...
... while others flop? How can individuals be encouraged to consider the public good rather than act selfishly? Why are casual relationships sometimes as important as connections to friends and family?
... . So the economists' "holy grail," to learn to design institutions and policies to direct the selfish impulses of individuals to public ends, "will be necessary but insufficient," Bowles says. "The ...
... worst, they might even be penalized? This is a question that has puzzled academics for centuries, especially since in evolution the basis for the "survival of the fittest" is, after all, selfishness.
