[Mitarbeiter.zoologie] Seminar by Koos Boomsma tomorrow

[Anna Friedel]

P.S. the seminar is tomorrow (19th) 

>>> Am 18.11.2024 um 15:22, "Anna Friedel" <anna.friedel at student.uni-halle.de> <anna.friedel at student.uni-halle.de> schrieb:

Dear all, 
 
maybe this is of interest for some. I guess the seminar goes along the lines of his talk at the IUSSI this year, but the
discussion afterwards might be quite interesting
 
Best, Anna
 
 


FINE SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

 

** 1100 NYC / 1700 Paris  **

 

Title: Abandoning Eusociality because it is Incompatible with Inclusive Fitness Theory

Summary: The study of social insects has been haunted by imprecise terminology for more than half a century. Eusociality is not a
trait that can respond to selection and no testable predictions can be derived from that term, in sharp contrast with
neo-Darwinian inclusive fitness theory. The clash between the two paradigms became apparent around 2010, but the incompatibility
has been staring us in the face ever since the 1970s. I will argue that it is crucial to qualitatively distinguish between
facultative, condition-dependent altruism and obligate, unconditional altruism, and between reproductive role differentiation in
adult dominance hierarchies (skew) and caste differentiation in the organismal colonies of ants, bees, wasps and termites. The
arguments that I will present are closely related to my kin-selection interpretation of the Major Transitions in Evolution
presented in a recent book.

Suggested Readings:

Boomsma, J.J. & R. Gawne (2018) Superorganismality and caste differentiation as points of no return: how the major evolutionary
transitions were lost in translation. Biological Reviews 93, 28-54.

Boomsma, J.J. (2022). Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution - Paperback - Koos Boomsma - Oxford University Press
(oup.com [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/domains-and-major-transitions-of-social-evolution-9780198746188?lang=en&cc=wf]

 

 

 

 

HOW TO ATTEND


YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXFO1pLpCTBy7vSwLWH-GA
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but not engage directly in the discussion (only through the chat function in YouTube).

 

ZOOM https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/82238802475 [https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/82238802475]

 
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