Life, the universe and everything

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-215

  Gardner, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropic bias; Cosmological natural selection; Design; Group selection; Inclusive fitness; Multi level selection; Optimization; Selfish gene; Superorganism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FITNESS; NATURAL SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84895890785     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-013-9417-8     Document Type: Article

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