“The truth is that all examples of child protection and parental care, and all associated bodily organs … are examples of the working in nature of the kin-selection principle.”

—  Richard Dawkins , book The Selfish Gene

Source: The Selfish Gene (1976, 1989), Ch. 6. Genesmanship

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