R. A. Fisher and Social Insects: The Fisher-Darwin Model of the Evolution of Eusociality

Fisher recognized that the evolution of social insect colonies needed explaining, a point which Charles Darwin had avoided discussing in detail. Fisher, in his 1930 book The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection , outlined in detail how eusociality could evolve, and developed a verbal model by conne...

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