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The nail in the coffin for group selection?

Benefits to an individual and its family may be enough to account for altruistic behaviour.

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  1. Wild, G., Gardner, A. & West, S. A . Nature advance online publication doi:10.1038/nature08071 (2009).

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Maher, B. The nail in the coffin for group selection?. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.516

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