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The 12 pages that link to Group selection, each with the reason it gives.

• Social DarwinismCompared with: It is a biological hypothesis, not a warrant for ranking human societies or prescribing policy.

• Kin selectionCompared with: The history of kin selection is intertwined with disputes over group-level explanations.

• Inclusive fitnessCompared with: It frames social evolution at the group level rather than through relatives’ weighted reproductive effects.

• Reciprocal altruismCompared with: It is a distinct proposed route to cooperation, operating through group-level differences rather than partner repayment.

• Cooperative huntingRelated: It offers one proposed explanation for cooperation that benefits a hunting group.

• Richard DawkinsCompared with: Dawkins emphasized gene-level explanations in debates over whether selection acts on groups.

• SociobiologyCompared with: Disagreement over group-level selection shaped explanations of cooperation and altruism.

• SocialityRelated: It offers one account of how traits benefiting a group can spread despite costs to individuals.

• ClearcuttingCompared with: It creates dispersed small gaps instead of one large cleared area.

• The Selfish GeneCompared with: It contrasts with explanations that locate evolutionary advantage primarily in genes or individuals.

• MulticellularityRelated: It helps frame how selection can favor cooperative cell groups.

• Evolutionary origin of religionCompared with: It underlies some accounts in which cohesive religious groups outcompete less cohesive groups.