Group selection and “the pious gene”

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 19 (4):782-787 (1996)
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The six commentaries raise five issues about multi-level selection theory that we attempt to address: (1) replicators without vehicles, (2) group selection and movement between groups, (3) absolute versus relative fitness, (4) group-level psychological adaptions, and (5) multi-level selection as a predictive theory.

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