[ExI] Ants for spike! Dawkins and Wilson
Damien Broderick
thespike at satx.rr.com
Sat Nov 14 20:32:16 UTC 2009
On 11/14/2009 1:27 PM, spike wrote:
>> On 11/14/2009 11:55 AM, Keith Henson wrote:
>> >
>>> > > If due to some group selection effects a group has an
>> > accumulation of
>>> > > advantageous genes in their gene pool, it is lost to nearby
>> > competing
>>> > > groups as the women take the advantageous genes with them when they
>>> > > are swapped. QED.
>> > Endogamy prevents or slows that.
> Hmmm, ja. Damien this example makes me squirmy in the context of group
> selection in evolution, for it uses as an example the human species.
Okay, but Keith spoke of "women" not just female animals--and do most
species "swap out" their females? I rather doubt it.
Damien Broderick
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