Altruism in social insects is a family affair

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 13:49 in Psychology & Sociology

The contentious debate about why insects evolved to put the interests of the colony over the individual has been reignited by new research from the University of Leeds, showing that they do so to increase the chances that their genes will be passed on.

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