Inclusive fitness theory captures how individuals can influence the transmission of their
genes to future generations by influencing either their own reproductive success or that of …

Inclusive fitness theory, summarised in Hamilton's rule, is a dominant explanation for the
evolution of social behaviour. A parallel thread of evolutionary theory holds that selection …

Evolutionary biology and ecology have a strong theoretical underpinning, and this has
fostered a variety of modeling approaches. A major challenge of this theoretical work has …

Despite their simplicity, viruses exhibit certain types of social interactions. Situations in which
a given virus achieves higher fitness in combination with other members of the viral …

Understanding the structure and variation of Homo sapiens populations in Africa is critical
for interpreting multiproxy evidence of their subsequent dispersals into Eurasia. However …

Understanding the evolution of social behaviours such as altruism and spite is a long-
standing problem that has generated thousands of articles and heated debates. Previous …

The theory of multilevel selection (MLS) is beset with conceptual difficulties. Although it is
widely agreed that covariance between group trait and group fitness may arise in the natural …

The rapid, human-induced changes in the Earth system during the Anthropocene present
humanity with critical sustainability challenges. Social–ecological systems (SES) research …

Antiviral immunity has been studied extensively from the perspective of virus− cell
interactions, yet the role of virus− virus interactions remains poorly addressed. Here, we …

Spatial structure has dramatic effects on the demography and the evolution of species. A
large variety of theoretical models have attempted to understand how local dispersal may …