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No one who understands Darwinian theory now denies that organisms, including human beings, tend to behave so as to optimize their inclusive fitness; the genes of those who behave otherwise, or merely fail in that quest, are deleted by natural selection. This logic proposes a variety of corollaries. For example, culture is adaptive or else, contrary to known fact, it would act negatively on population growth. Again, human beings tend to behave according to self-interest, for that has a positive influence on reproductive success.
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Lopreato, J., Green, F.P.A. (1990). The evolutionary foundations of revolution. In: van der Dennen, J.M.G., Falger, V.S.E. (eds) Sociobiology and Conflict. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1830-6_6
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