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2 unusual facts about inclusive fitness


Inclusive fitness

Hamilton, W. D. 1975, Innate Social Aptitudes of Man: an Approach from Evolutionary Genetics, in Robin Fox (ed.), Biosocial Anthropology, Malaby Press, London, 133-153 (IF including altruism to fellow altruists among strangers discussed herein)

Synalpheus regalis, a eusocial shrimp, also is an example of an organism that seeks to increase its inclusive fitness.


Cinderella effect

Evolutionary psychologists Martin Daly and Margo Wilson propose that the Cinderella effect is a direct consequence of the modern evolutionary theory of inclusive fitness, especially parental investment theory.


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