'Evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean'
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Evolutionary biologists offer new evidence that evolution doesn't favor the selfish, disproving a theory popularized in 2012. "We found evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean," said the lead author, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics. "For a short time and against a specific set of opponents, some selfish organisms may come out ahead. But selfishness isn't evolutionarily sustainable," he said.