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Not true. Traits that "harm" the individual can increase population level fitness. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29602452/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29
by root_axis 2y ago
Not true. Traits that "harm" the individual can increase population level fitness.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29602452/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29602452/
- thaumasiotes 2y agoFor a group selection argument, you'd need to explain what maintains strong reproductive barriers between the groups. That approach is doomed to failure for baldness, which has already spread to every major group and therefore couldn't be explained by between-group differences anyway.