Eusociality: origin and consequences.

By Edward O. Wilson, B. Hölldobler. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Sociology and Political Science

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Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages (2017, background): “Increasing in abundance: The "rise of the ants" (WILSON & HÖLLDOBLER 2005b) measured as relative abundance of ants in fossil deposits is now well documented Box 1: An example of taxonomic uncertainty and revision in fossil ants.”
Social semantics: how useful has group selection been? (2008, background): “…where group selection can explain cooperation in a case where kin selection is not important (e.g. Wilson, 1975; Colwell, 1981; Sober & Wilson, 1998; Gintis, 2000; Fehr & Fischbacher, 2003; Gintis et al., 2003; Wilson & Hölldobler, 2005; Nowak, 2006; Traulsen & Nowak, 2006; Taylor & Nowak, 2007).”
One Giant Leap: How Insects Achieved Altruism and Colonial Life (2008, background): “Of the approximately 2600 living taxonomic families of insects and other arthropods (Parker 1982), only 15 are known to contain eusocial species (Wilson and Hölldobler 2005).”
Strong Reciprocity and the Roots of Human Morality (2008, background): “Moreover, sociality in insects cannot be accounted for in terms of kinship, so group selection is the most plausible mechanism accounting for the preeminence of social insects (Gadagkar, 1991; Frank, 1995, 1998; Wilson & Holldobler, 2005).”
Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups (2013, background): “Moreover, when groups are selected for their phenotypic properties in the laboratory, there is typically a response to selection and heritability for group-level traits can be even greater than for individual-level traits (Bijma and Wade, 2008; Goodnight and Stevens, 1997; Wilson, 2005).”
Kin Selection and the Evolutionary Theory of Aging (2007, background): “Although controversial in some of its applications (Alonso & SchuckPaim 2002, Wilson & Hölldobler 2005), kin selection is widely accepted as a powerful and robust explanation for various forms of social behavior across many taxa (e.g., Bourke 2005, Emlen 1995, Foster et al. 2006, Trivers 1985).”
Sixteen common misconceptions about the evolution of cooperation in humans (2011, background): “…1986; Grafen, 1984; Harvey et al., 1985 Sex ratios with budding dispersal Avilés, 1993 Gardner et al., 2009 Eusociality Wilson & Wilson, 2007; Wilson & Hölldobler, 2005 Foster et al., 2006; Helanterä & Bargum, 2007; Hughes et al., 2008 Strong reciprocity Bowles & Gintis, 2004; Bowles et al.,…”
Studying personality variation in invertebrates: why bother? (2014, background): “Within invertebrates, the eusocial insects such as ants, bees, wasps and termites represent highly diverse taxa and most of the world’s insect biomass (Wilson & Hölldobler, 2005).”
Means, variances, and ranges in reproductive success: comparative evidence (2012, unknown): “Across species, reproductive “skew” is often an effect of ecological constraints (Alexander, Noonan, & Crespi, 1991; Emlen, 1982, 1995; Vehrencamp, 1980, 1983; Wilson & Hölldobler, 2005).”
Structure and resilience of the social network in an insect colony as a function of colony size (2009, background): “Social insects have been frequently hailed as the pinnacle of group living and their tremendous ecological success is a testimony to this claim (Wilson and Hölldobler 2005).”