scholarly journals Kin Selection, Group Selection, and the Varieties of Population Structure

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Birch
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Kin Selection ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Selection Group

The Constrained Vision of Evolutionary Ethics

2018 ◽  
pp. 35-70
Author(s):  
Neema Parvini
Keyword(s):  
Kin Selection ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
Evolutionary Ethics ◽  
Species Selection ◽  
Evolutionary Theories ◽  
Jonathan Haidt ◽  
Selection Group ◽  
The Way

This chapter adapts Thomas Sowell’s concept of the constrained (or “tragic”) and unconstrained (or “utopian) visions of humanity in its consideration of evolutionary ethics as a lens through which to approach Shakespeare’s plays. The first half summarises and explains the two visions, while the second traces the development of evolutionary ethics from Adam Smith and Charles Darwin to the work of E.O. Wilson, David Sloan Wilson, and Jonathan Haidt. Along the way, it considers the so-called “Darwin Wars” over the competing evolutionary theories of kin selection, group selection and species selection. Ultimately, the study aligns itself with the constrained vision and supports the emergent view in evolutionary literature of “group selection” following the work of Wilson, Sloan Wilson, and Haidt.

4. Levels of selection

2019 ◽  
pp. 45-62
Author(s):  
Samir Okasha
Keyword(s):  
Kin Selection ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Levels Of Selection ◽  
Major Transitions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Major Transitions In Evolution

‘Levels of selection’ examines the levels-of-selection question, which asks whether natural selection acts on individuals, genes, or groups. This question is one of the most fundamental in evolutionary biology, and the subject of much controversy. Traditionally, biologists have mostly been concerned with selection and adaptation at the individual level. But, in theory, there are other possibilities, including selection on sub-individual units such as genes and cells, and on supra-individual units such as groups and colonies. Group selection, altruistic behaviour, kin selection, the gene-centric view of evolution, and the major transitions in evolution are all discussed.

scholarly journals Group selection and kin selection: Two concepts but one process

2007 ◽  
Vol 104 (16) ◽  
pp. 6736-6739 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Lehmann ◽  
L. Keller ◽  
S. West ◽  
D. Roze
Keyword(s):  
Kin Selection ◽  
Group Selection

scholarly journals Kin and multilevel selection in social evolution: a never-ending controversy?

F1000Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jos Kramer ◽  
Joël Meunier
Keyword(s):  
Kin Selection ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Social Evolution ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Structured Populations ◽  
Multilevel Selection ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

Kin selection and multilevel selection are two major frameworks in evolutionary biology that aim at explaining the evolution of social behaviors. However, the relationship between these two theories has been plagued by controversy for almost half a century and debates about their relevance and usefulness in explaining social evolution seem to rekindle at regular intervals. Here, we first provide a concise introduction into the kin selection and multilevel selection theories and shed light onto the roots of the controversy surrounding them. We then review two major aspects of the current debate: the presumed formal equivalency of the two theories and the question whether group selection can lead to group adaptation. We conclude by arguing that the two theories can offer complementary approaches to the study of social evolution: kin selection approaches usually focus on the identification of optimal phenotypes and thus on the endresult of a selection process, whereas multilevel selection approaches focus on the ongoing selection process itself. The two theories thus provide different perspectives that might be fruitfully combined to promote our understanding of the evolution in group-structured populations.

Group selection and kin selection

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Queller
Keyword(s):  
Kin Selection ◽  
Group Selection

The Biological and Evolutionary Logic of Human Cooperation

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence C. Burnham ◽  
Dominic D. P. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Kin Selection ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Reciprocal Altruism ◽  
Alternative Solution ◽  
Individual Selection ◽  
Costly Signaling ◽  
Indirect Reciprocity ◽  
Costly Punishment

AbstractHuman cooperation is held to be an evolutionary puzzle because people voluntarily engage in costly cooperation, and costly punishment of non-cooperators, even among anonymous strangers they will never meet again. The costs of such cooperation cannot be recovered through kin-selection, reciprocal altruism, indirect reciprocity, or costly signaling. A number of recent authors label this behavior ‘strong reciprocity’, and argue that it is: (a) a newly documented aspect of human nature, (b) adaptive, and (c) evolved by group selection. We argue exactly the opposite; that the phenomenon is: (a) not new, (b) maladaptive, and (c) evolved by individual selection. In our perspective, the apparent puzzle disappears to reveal a biological and evolutionary logic to human cooperation. Group selection may play a role in theory, but it is neither necessary nor sufficient to explain human cooperation. Our alternative solution is simpler, makes fewer assumptions, and is more parsimonious with the empirical data.

scholarly journals Group Selection and Reciprocity among Kin

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neelesh Dahanukar ◽  
Milind Watve
Keyword(s):  
Kin Selection ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Cooperative Behavior ◽  
Simple Game ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Group Competition ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Different Levels

The question how Darwinian mechanisms lead to the evolution of individually costly cooperative behavior has given rise to a number of hypotheses. However, attempts to build a synthesis where different types of mechanisms coexist and interact at different levels of selections are still scarce. Here we derive simple game theoretical models where the group level conflicts are resolved by group selection while simultaneously within group competition is resolved by kin selection and reciprocity. We show that none of the mechanisms, when alone, is as robust in evolving and maintaining cooperation as a synthesis of all. Furthermore, we show that initially within group conflicts can be overcome only by kin selection and not reciprocity. However, once common, different types of reciprocities can maintain high levels of cooperation even if average relatedness among individuals is lowered, groups become large, and the benefits of cooperation are reduced. Based on the synthesis we also propose a possible route to the evolution of social and eusocial systems.

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