> One reproductive strategy is to have a few offspring and invest heavily in them; another is to have as many as possible and accept a lower success rate. Yes.

> One reproductive strategy is to have a few offspring and invest heavily in them; another is to have as many as possible and accept a lower success rate. Yes. And it turns out that in most large mammals, including humans, the former strategy beats the latter. In smaller mammals, like rodents, the latter strategy beats the former. And your point would be...? > The idea of an altruism gene is dubious; if if such a thing exists, the mathematics say it is a dead end. Not so. In fact it's the exact opposite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evolution_of_Cooperation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evolution_of_Cooperation