> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 5 evergreens, 1 source</em></s> #### [[Highly integrated social control allows groups to act as adaptive units]] This is an argument made in [[Darwin's Cathedral by David Sloan Wilson]] and requires an understanding of how [[group selection]] allows for traits to be selected for based on competition between groups rather than individuals. Wilson uses this to make strong arguments for [[Religion as a group level adaptation]] and [[Cultural Evolution]], but he grounds this thought in organisms that are capable of much higher levels of [[social control]] than humans. One example given is that of chromosomes. The genes that are stored on the chromosomes are physically inseparable from each other forcing them to replicate as a unit. This allows the process of [[natural selection]] to take place at a higher level (no longer among genes but among cells). Another is of how [[eukaryotic]] cells are actually connected networks of [[bacteria]] working together in ways unlike other bacteria. > [!cite] > > [[Lynn Margulis]] invented the first unified theory of eukaryogenesis (the way in which [[eukaryotic]] cells formed from [[prokaryotic]] cells) > for more:: [Lynn Margulis and the endosymbiont hypothesis: 50 years later | Molecular Biology of the Cell](https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.e16-07-0509) Viewing selection in this ways allows [[group selection]] to be a dominating force in thousands of species, which leads to:: [[Individual selection is an emergent mechanic of group selection]] In [[human behavior]], this is seen as [[Social control promotes highly altruistic behavior within groups]] in [[Religion promotes high social control]]. ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SPROUT *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[adaptation]], [[group selection]], [[social control]] #### References ![[Darwin's Cathedral by David Sloan Wilson#citation]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^310416932]]