title: Emergent group traits, reproduction, and levels of selection.
abstract: All group traits, "emergent" or otherwise, are ultimately dependent on the traits and behaviours of the individuals that constitute the group. Unless a process of "group reproduction" is envisaged, this means that the evolution of group traits can in principle be studied in an individualistic way, by studying the dynamics of the underlying individual traits on which they depend.
authors: Department of Philosophy,University of Bristol,Bristol BS8 1TB,UK.Samir.Okasha@bristol.ac.ukhttp://www.bristol.ac.uk/school-of-arts/people/samir-okasha/index.html.
authors: Samir
authors: S
authors: Okasha
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D012641:Selection, Genetic