Tag Archives: multi-level selection
Tuscaloosa is BEST: Prosociality in Tuscaloosa
This past spring I started a study called the Belongingness Ecology Study Tuscaloosa (BEST). Like the Religious Ecology Study Tuscaloosa (REST) before it & over which I consider it an umbrella project, it grew out of the readings & activities … Continue reading
University Greek Systems are Natural Experiments for Multi-Level Selection Theory (Waiting to be Investigated)
I was talking with a UA EvoS student & member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority the other day about the current controversy here in Tuscaloosa. Last week, a municipal school board election was essentially bought by greek-backed candidates. This student … Continue reading
Flattery Will Get You Everywhere: E.O. Wilson’s Social Conquest of Earth
Edward O. Wilson was the first speaker for this year’s ALLELE series at the University of Alabama. I began a post on his talk soon after but found it so boring I didn’t come back to it. Then Max Stein … Continue reading
