When Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species, he spent a significant amount of time on a topic he considered to be (in his words) “one special difficulty” to his theory: eusociality. Explain why eusociality constitutes a “difficulty” to the theory of evolution by natural selection, and how evolutionary biologists have been able to explain its evolution

When Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species, he spent a significant amount of time on a topic he considered to be (in his words) “one special difficulty” to his theory: eusociality. Explain why eusociality constitutes a “difficulty” to the theory of evolution by natural selection, and how evolutionary biologists have been able to explain its evolution

Biology (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg

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Chapter18: Introduction To Darwinian Evolution

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 13TYU: EVOLUTION LINK Charles Darwin once said, It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor...

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