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kin selection

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology natural selection resulting from altruistic behaviour by animals towards members of the same species, esp their offspring or other relatives

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No references found			Thus, de Waal argues, "empathy evolved in animals as the main proximate mechanism for directed altruism" and it is empathy--not self-interest--that "causes altruism to be dispensed in accordance with predictions from kin selection and reciprocal altruism theory" (Annu. How deep is your love? Human morality and the question of altriusm ... by Krause, Kenneth / The Humanist Hermeneuts ridicule scientists like Hamilton, Dawkins, and Wilson when they suggest that nothing was ever known about social cooperation until biologists discovered kin selection. Love and Health by Robert Bruce Baird / Women's issues/gender studies community Hermeneuts ridicule scientists like Hamilton, Dawkins, and Wilson when they suggest that nothing was ever known about social cooperation until biologists discovered kin selection. Evolution and Exorcisms by Robert Bruce Baird / Arts and entertainment industries community			kilowatt Kilowatt hour kilowatt-hour Kilroy kilt kilted kilter kiltie Kilting Kilung Kilvert Kim Dae Jung Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il Kimberley kimberlite Kimbo Kimbundu kimchi Kimmerian Kimnel kimono Kimry kin kin group kin selection kina Kinabalu Kinaesodic kinaesthesia kinaesthesis Kinaesthetic kinaesthetically kinanesthesia kinase Kinate Kincardineshire Kinchinjunga kincob kind kind of kind-hearted kind-heartedness kinda kindergarten kindergartener kindergartner kindhearted kindheartedness kindle kindled			Kimora Lee Simmons Kimovsk KIMP Kimpo Airport KIMPS Kimr Kimry Kimry KiMs KIMSAC KIMSV Kimuchi Kimura 2-Parameter kimzeyite Kimzha kin kin kin kin kin Kin altruism Kin Canada Kin Gin Rin kin group kin group Kin Krest Saddle Club KIN ONE KIN ONE KIN ONE Kin selected altruism kin selection KIN TWO KIN TWO KIN TWO Kin'yuu Sakimon Kin, Viktor Kin, Viktor Pavlovich kin- Kin-kan Kin-kan kina kina Kina (currency) Kinabalu Kinabalu Kinabalu, Mount Kinabatangan Corridor of Life Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Project Kinaesodic kinaesthesia kinaesthesia kinaesthesia kinaesthesis kinaesthetic kinaesthetic kinaesthetic Kinæsthetic Kinæsthetic Kinæsthetic Kinaesthetic Infant Handling kinaesthetic sense

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