Twelve Misunderstandings of Kin Selection By RICHARD DAWKINS
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HAMILTON’S theory of kin selection is much misunderstood. This paper lists and refutes 12 of the commonest misunderstandings, for example: “Kin selection is a special, complex kind of natural selection, as opposed to ‘individual selection’”; “Kin selection is a form of group selection”; “All species members share the majority of their genes, so selection should favour universal altruism”, “Kin selection only works for rare genes”, “Individuals should tend to inbreed, simply because that brings close relatives into thc world”. The exposing of common errors such as these is a constructive, not a destructive, exercise.
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