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Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by nabnob on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:17PM (#19088710)
I thought the modern view of natural selection is that it occurs at multiple levels - gene, individual organism, group selection, etc.
Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by onychomys on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:32PM (#19088859)
There's evidence that selection happens at the organismal level (duh) and at the species level, but nothing else. There's some weak evidence that it can happen at levels above species (genus, family, etc), but it's not super well supported.

The question of population-level selection (what you've called group selection) is more contentious, although it shouldn't be. The grandpa of our field, E.O. Wilson, whom we all adore and wish we could constantly hug, loves the idea. Sadly, evidence doesn't love it. Like, there's basically none. There's no real theoretical underpinnings that would make it possible, either, because there's just too much gene flow between demes (...partially isolated breeding populations) to allow selection to happen.

Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by gagagababa on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:22PM (#19088762)
Indeed, it is.