Richard Dawkins

Dawkins is best known for his popularisation of the gene as the principal unit of selection in evolution; this view is most clearly set out in his books:

Dawkins has consistently been sceptical about non-adaptive processes in evolution (such as spandrels, described by Gould and Lewontin) and about selection at levels "above" that of the gene. He is particularly sceptical about the practical possibility or importance of group selection as a basis for understanding altruism.

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Natural selection occurs at the gene level, not at organism or group level. Genes are selfish, not organisms or groups.

 

"Replicators" are the genes, "vehicles" are the organisms.

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