Turns out there may be more to this evolution thing than ‘first past the post’. Non-reproductive members of a species can help other members of the species to survive.
Essentially it’s not about getting “my genes” into the next generation, it’s really about getting the genes of “my species” into the next generation, and beyond.
Turns out there may be more to this evolution thing than ‘first past the post’. Non-reproductive members of a species can help other members of the species to survive.
Essentially it’s not about getting “my genes” into the next generation, it’s really about getting the genes of “my species” into the next generation, and beyond.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780124201903000302
https://theconversation.com/homosexuality-may-have-evolved-for-social-not-sexual-reasons-128123
That makes a lot of sense.