Over the past few years there has been a resurgence of interest in group/multilevel selection as an explanatory framework, particularly with respect to cooperative behaviour in humans and eusocial animals.
We at the London Evolutionary Research Network think this is a fascinating and timely topic, and were pleased to the debate:
Is natural selection at the group level an important evolutionary force?
Four eminent speakers discussed the motion:
Stuart West
Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Oxford
Herbert Gintis
Professor of Economics, Santa Fe Intitute, University of Siena, and Central European University
Samir Okasha
Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Bristol
Mark Pagel
Professor of Biology, University of Reading
