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EIGHT CRITICISMS NOT TO MAKE ABOUT GROUP SELECTION
Author(s) -
Eldakar Omar Tonsi,
Wilson David Sloan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01290.x
Subject(s) - group selection , evolutionism , selection (genetic algorithm) , subject (documents) , confusion , biology , rest (music) , term (time) , group (periodic table) , epistemology , psychology , evolutionary biology , computer science , library science , artificial intelligence , medicine , philosophy , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis , cardiology
Group selection, which was once widely rejected as a significant evolutionary force, is now accepted by all who seriously study the subject. There is still widespread confusion about group selection, however, not only among students and the general public, but among professional evolutionists who do not directly study the subject. We list eight criticisms that are frequently invoked against group selection, which can be permanently laid to rest based upon current knowledge. Experts will always find something to critique about group selection, as for any important subject, but these eight criticisms are not among them. Laying them to rest will enable authors to openly use the term group selection without being handicapped during the review process.