Human Sociobiology and Group Selection Theory

2017 ◽  
pp. 383-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Alcock
Keyword(s):  
Group Selection ◽  
Selection Theory ◽  
Human Sociobiology

More on group selection and human behavior

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 782-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Sloan Wilson ◽  
Elliott Sober
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Relative Fitness ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Selection Theory ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Predictive Theory

AbstractThe 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.

scholarly journals Input Rationality Analysis of Three Degree of freedom Parallel Mechanism with Limbs of Embedding Structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-353
Author(s):  
Gaowei Yang ◽  
Jianjun Zhang ◽  
Weimin Li ◽  
Kaicheng Qi
Keyword(s):  
Parallel Mechanism ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Selection Rule ◽  
Direct Application ◽  
Input Selection ◽  
Selection Theory ◽  
Coupling Relationship ◽  
Three Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Three Degrees Of Freedom

Abstract. Three degrees of freedom (3-DoF) parallel mechanism (PM) with limbs of embedding structures is a kind of PM with a coupling relationship between limbs. In order to obtain a more desirable motion, the analysis of its actuated pairs shall be conducted. However, the fact that the existence of limbs coupling results in non-unique limb group, this mechanism has multiple limb groups. In this regard, the traditional input selection theory is not suitable for direct application in the input rationality analysis. Aiming to avoid this, a general extended input selection theory and limb group selection rule are proposed. The former tackles the traditional input selection theory which is not suitable for analyzing the input of PM with limbs of embedding structures since it does not take the influence of group into consideration, whereas the latter makes the calculation of the former easier. Based on the extended input selection theory and the limb group selection rule, the input and configuration of the 3-DoF PM with limbs of embedding structures are improved.

The music and social bonding hypothesis does require multilevel selection

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin Eirdosh ◽  
Susan Hanisch
Keyword(s):  
Group Selection ◽  
Social Bonding ◽  
Multilevel Selection ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Selection Theory ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Bonding Hypothesis ◽  
Multilevel Selection Theory

Abstract Is musicality an individual level adaptation? The authors of this target article reject the need for group selection within their model, yet their arguments do not fulfill the conceptual requirements for justifying such a rejection. Further analysis can highlight the explanatory value of embracing multilevel selection theory as a foundational element of the music and social bonding (MSB) hypothesis.

scholarly journals Selection in Reference to Biological Groups I. Individual and Group Selection Applied to Populations of Unordered Groups

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Griffing
Keyword(s):  
Group Selection ◽  
Selection Theory ◽  
Gene Models

A selection theory designed to accommodate interactions among genotypes is presented. This involves defining unordered groups of genotypes among which interactions may occur, and describing populations of groups generated as combinatorial products of base populations. Gene models are developed which consist not only of direct contributions of the genotypes they represent but also of associate effects from other genotypes in the group.

Group selection: Theory and evidence. An Introduction to the Special Issue

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Tai Landa ◽  
David Sloan Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Group Selection ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Selection Theory

Rules of the Innovation Commons

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-152
Author(s):  
Jason Potts
Keyword(s):  
Group Selection ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Multilevel Selection ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Selection Theory ◽  
The Core ◽  
Knowledge Commons ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Multilevel Selection Theory

This chapter examines the basic institutional similarities between innovation commons (as a species of knowledge commons) and the eight core design principles, or rules of the commons, that Ostrom discovered. It explores the innovation commons through the lens of these rules that enable a group to form under uncertainty, and that make cooperation a safe and effective strategy within that group. The question is explored in terms of the core problems a commons must solve: identity, cooperation, consent, monitoring, punishment, and independence. The chapter then examines these rules in the broader context of multilevel selection theory, arguing that group selection operates over innovation.

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