Kin Selection and Its Discontents Queller, David C. 2016 Philosophy of Science , Vol. 83 , Issue 5 , S. 861 ff. ( Zeitschrift ) Englisch 0031-8248 | 1539-767X Abstract

Kin selection is a core aspect of social evolution theory, but a small number of critics have recently challenged it. Here I address these criticisms and show that kin selection remains an important explanation for much (though not all) social evolution. I show how many of the criticisms rest on historical idiosyncrasies of the way the field happened to develop, rather than on the real logic and evidence.