The Evolution of Social Behavior
Annual Review of Ecology and SystematicsPublished 1 November 1974
Richard D. Alexander
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For several years the study of social behavior has been undergoing a revolution with far-reaching consequences for the social and biological sciences, partly due to growing acceptance of the evidence that the potency of natural selection is overwhelmingly concentrated at levels no higher than that of the individual.
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