ORIGIN OF EUSOCIALITY. “Overall, the weight of empirical evidence leans toward, but does not definitively prove, the following proposition: while close pedigree kinship among group members inevitably accompanies the origin and early evolution of eusociality, the association is a by-product of preadaptation and not a causative condition. Two conditions working together, key preadaptations and strong proportionate group selection, are from the evidence necessary and sufficient for eusociality. Close genetic relatedness and collateral kin selection are not necessary.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022