Re: NANFA-L-- Kin Selection

Irate Mormon (archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net)
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:24:12 -0500

Quoting "dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu" <dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu>:

> Yes, kin selection is a very sound
> theory, and is a part of modern evolutionary theory.

Well, it's the only way to explain certain behaviors which otherwise seem to
contradict the way evolution and selection are supposed to work,-in-least
according to the selfish gene model. Maybe that's an obsolete model these days
- I admit I haven't kept up to date.

--Irate

"And you see, a lot of people forget where this thing called rock and roll came
from. And by the way, it wasn't from California. It wasn't from New York, or
Wisconsin. It was from this part of the world called Mississippi and Louisiana
and Tennessee, and a little bit of Missouri. That's where it all came from." -
Hartley Peavey, founder of Peavey Electronics
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