title: Inclusive fitness theorizing invokes phenomena that are not relevant for the evolution of eusociality.
abstract: In this Formal Comment, the authors challenge the claims of a recent theoretical study that genetic relatedness is important in the evolution of eusociality.
authors.affiliation: Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge.
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.affiliation: Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America; Department of Mathematics, Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America; Center for Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012919:Social Behavior