Edward O. Wilson
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Wilson was a Harvard biologist, the world's leading authority on ants, who developed the field of sociobiology.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 10 Jun 1929, Birmingham, Alabama (opens wiqqi.app)
- Died: 26 Dec 2021, Burlington, Massachusetts, aged 92 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: University of Alabama, BS (1949) and MS in biology (1950); PhD, Harvard (1955) (opens wiqqi.app)
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
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11 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Kin selection is a weaker explanation of social evolution than standard natural selection (opens korrents.com)
“One of the key ideas to explain this has been kin selection theory or inclusive fitness, which argues that individuals cooperate according to how they are related. I have had doubts about it for quite a while. Standard…”
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Humans originated by multilevel selection, individual and group (opens korrents.com)
“Humans originated by multilevel selection—individual selection interacting with group selection, or tribe competing against tribe.”
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Individual against group selection gives us a mix of altruism and selfishness (opens korrents.com)
“Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.”
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Kin selection is a weaker explanation of social evolution than standard natural selection (opens korrents.com)