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dmichulke on March 2, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Early-life stress can disrupt maturation of brain’...

"The selfish gene" (Dawkins, 1976) states that there is no evolution in species, only in individuals.

Most of evolutionary pressure comes from members of the same species, so dropping out of that competition (genetic suicide) doesn't make sense, evolutionarily seen

mattclarkdotnet on March 2, 2023 [–]

The selfish gene, as the title suggests, makes the case that there is no evolution in individuals, only genes.

dmichulke on March 2, 2023 | [–]

That is also true - for a different meaning of "evolution in" which I didn't consider relevant for OP.

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