Between-group selection became the primary evolutionary force
Our ancestors found ways to suppress disruptive competition among individuals within groups, so that between-group selection became the primary evolutionary force. This favored group-level coordination in all its forms, including the transmission of learned information across generations.
— David Sloan Wilson, 2019
From the interview “This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution”
© 2019 David Sloan Wilson
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