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As for humans, Wilson agrees with Darwin that our evolution was largely
a matter of "tribe against tribe" -- which might explain the endemic
warfare AND altruism in which humans have engaged since prehistory.
"The genes that favour this type of group cohesion would also favor an
innate sense of morality and group loyalty. It would explain how so
often group or tribe loyalty overrides even family loyalty." Seems
like there's already a ton of proposals along those lines....Wilson is
presumably working on clarifying why group selection, and not kin
selection, is the more significant mechanism (but at the end of the
interview he says his theorizing is still a work in progress and formal
presentation on humans might take a couple of years).
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... N.Y. -- The most detailed analysis to date of how humans differ from ... > one another at the DNA level shows strong evidence that natural selection has ... > scientists analyzed 11,624 genes, comparing how genes vary not only among 39 ...
(talk.origins) - In the news: Cornell finds natural selection in humans
... N.Y. -- The most detailed analysis to date of how humans differ from ... one another at the DNA level shows strong evidence that natural selection has ... scientists analyzed 11,624 genes, comparing how genes vary not only among 39 ...
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