RE: Evolution favours altruism
August 4, 2013 at 11:22 am
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2013 at 11:31 am by Anomalocaris.)
I did not say ultruism results from inbreeding.
i said close "enough for inbreeding" represents a useful yardstick to measure how close the genetic relationship must be between the ultraist and the beneficiary for altruistic behavior on the level of the individual to become sufficiently self serving on the level of genetic inheritance that it could possibly survive in the long term as a genetic trait,
i said close "enough for inbreeding" represents a useful yardstick to measure how close the genetic relationship must be between the ultraist and the beneficiary for altruistic behavior on the level of the individual to become sufficiently self serving on the level of genetic inheritance that it could possibly survive in the long term as a genetic trait,