An Intellectual History of Multilevel Selection from Darwin to Dawkins
Whole books, and sections of books, have been dedicated to reviewing the intellectual history of multilevel selection, some small swath of which are considered in this first chapter. Readers are then made aware of other pertinent publications, acquiring s
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Multilevel Selection “Multi-Level Selection is the only logically coherent and empirically supported theory that can explain human ultrasociality—the capacity of humans to cooperate in huge groups of genetically unrelated individuals. Yet influential critics, including Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker, continue to reject it. This timely and important book is a welcome entrant to this intense scientific debate. The stakes are high, because understanding how cooperation evolved and can be maintained is key to solving the Tragedy of the Commons problems at both local and global levels.” —Peter Turchin, author of Ultrasociety (2015) and Professor at University of Connecticut, USA
Steven C. Hertler Aurelio José Figueredo Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre
Multilevel Selection Theoretical Foundations, Historical Examples, and Empirical Evidence
Steven C. Hertler College of Saint Elizabeth Morristown, NJ, USA
Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA
Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA
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Preface: A Pan-Selectionist Model of Evolution and Development
Introduction Open an atlas, turn the page to a map of a city, and find, in some far corner, a smaller map of the nation containing that city. This provides necessary perspective. While viewing a map of London, for instance, the page will be dominated by the
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