Artiklen adresserer den teoretiske forvirring inden for sociobiologi og behovet for at genoverveje fortidens vigtige begivenheder, især afvisningen af gruppeselektion. Forfatterne argumenterer for, at multilevel selektionsteori, som inkluderer gruppeselektion, kan give en solid teoretisk basis for sociobiologiens fremtid, hvis fortidens udfordringer forstås korrekt.
Titel på undersøgelse:
Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiology.
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Hele abstrakt på originalsprog:
Current sociobiology is in theoretical disarray, with a diversity of frameworks that are poorly related to each other. Part of the problem is a reluctance to revisit the pivotal events that took place during the 1960s, including the rejection of group selection and the development of alternative theoretical frameworks to explain the evolution of cooperative and altruistic behaviors. In this article, we take a “back to basics” approach, explaining what group selection is, why its rejection was regarded as so important, and how it has been revived based on a more careful formulation and subsequent research. Multilevel selection theory (including group selection) provides an elegant theoretical foundation for sociobiology in the future, once its turbulent past is appropriately understood.