Selection
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Volume 2: Issue 1-2
Diversity of Selection Processes in the Evolution of Cooperation
Author:
Ayelet Shavit Tel-Hai Academic College Upper Galilee, Israel

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Pages:
223–236
Online Publication Date:
22 Jul 2005
Publication Date:
01 Apr 2002
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/select.2.2001.1-2.16
Keywords:
Altruism; Altruism; group selection; individual selection; evolutionary transition; social spiders
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Some of the debates over the evolution of altruism and social groups can be tackled empirically, and criteria have been offered to decide between competing selection processes that might underlie the evolution of sociality. However, the typical model considers one selection process to be the main cause of the evolution of cooperation and cooperative groups. I argue, however, that at least in some cases, the evolution of cooperative groups can be better explained as the outcome of several selection processes, whether concurrent or sequential, rather than a single unifying process. Several examples from social spiders illustrate that selection processes cannot be reduced to particular instances of one overall process. I argue that seeking a unifying selection process for the evolution of altruism can reduce research productivity, generate misleading expectations and lead to false conclusions. On the other hand, looking at a combination of selection processes leads to new insights which are particularly relevant for the study of evolutionary transitions.

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