Natural selection theory is inarguably the most important theory in biology due to its ability to explain adaptations across domains. Yet it is a surprising fact that for the majority of evolutionary research, natural selection dynamics were largely reduced to lower levels of biological organization, that sought to explain adaptation only at the levels of the individual or selfish genes within stringent causal conditions. However, several foundational biological processes such as prosociality, inter- and intraspecific cooperation, and/or evolvability have been found to be inexplicable under the anachronistic, reductive model of natural selection. Research over the past half-century has confirmed that the causal dynamics of natural selection can no longer be reducible to lower levels of biological organization (i.e., individuals, selfish genes) over shorter timescales but should be expanded to include adaptation at multiple levels and over longer timescales, more closely representing the selective process as it is found in nature.
Multilevel selection theory addresses a foundational question: How can behaviors that benefit others or one's group as a whole (i.e., prosociality) evolve, given their relative fitness disadvantage compared to more selfish behaviors within the same group? The answer is that prosocial behaviors have a relative fitness advantage in between-group competition. Yet the simplicity and foundational nature of MLS theory is obscured by its complex history in evolutionary thought. This special event will attempt to restore its foundational nature and explore implications for genetic evolution, human cultural evolution, and public policy.
Schedule:
10:50 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST - David Sloan Wilson: Introduction to the MLS Special Event
11:00 AM EST - 11:30 AM EST - Elliott Sober: A Brief History of MLS and a Few Philosophical Comments
11:30 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST - Joan Roughgarden: Selection on the Hologenome versus Adaptive Assembly to explain Holobiont Integration
12:00 PM EST - 12:30 PM EST - Michael Wade: Experimental Studies of Multilevel Selection
12:30 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST - Athena Aktipis: Tensions Between Levels of Selection in the Evolution of Cancer and Cancer Suppression
1:00 PM EST - 1:30 PM EST - Mitchell Ryan Distin: Macro-MLS Theory: Sex, Evolvability, and Major Evolutionary Transitions
1:30 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST - César Marín: Multilevel/functional selection in mycorrhizal symbioses
2:00 PM EST - 2:30 PM EST - Robin Costello: Multilevel Selection on Social Network Traits in Forked Fungus Beetles
2:30 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST - David Sloan Wilson: MLS as Foundational for Economics, Business, and Public Policy
3:00 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST - Latent Multilevel Selectionist Dynamics in Historical, Sociological, and Political Works
Organizers: David Sloan Wilson and Mitchell Distin
Негізгі бет 26-Jun-2024: Special Event/Workshop: Multilevel Selection Theory
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