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That's not how natural selection works.
by jstanley 2y ago
That's not how natural selection works.
- ujikoluk 2y agoIt is though, at the group level. The groups that adopt will have better survival than groups that don't, if the environment is such that parents regularly die while the cubs are small.
- shellfishgene 2y agoIf group selection happens is still much debated among biologists, and not at all resolved!
- beeflet 2y agoDo you think group selection applies to eusocial species such as bees? It must. If so, imagine a species that is incrementally less social than eusocial. Unless there is some threshold degree of sociality required for group selection, then there clearly some level of group selection occurs for other animals (whether or not it's a major effect)
- shellfishgene 2y agoThis is usually explained by kin selection, which is different from group selection. I'm not an expert on either though.
- Toine 2y agoPlease explain since you seem to have a PhD in darwinism.
- dukeyukey 2y agoAt an individual level, no. At a group level, yes.
- vibrio 2y agoCheck your assumptions.
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