It seems that if you can’t find a reasonably clear mechanism for differntial reproductive success, you should not bend over backwards to do so (that is, if it’s that hard to find one, maybe it’s because it isn’t there).
You should bend over backwards until you find one or two “differential fitness” explanations, then you should go test them!
EDIT: And, of course, you should also look for hypotheses not based upon differential reproduction. And test those too!
I think that “signalling your virtue and power” isn’t a crazily complex explanation. We are in need of evidence methinks.
You should bend over backwards until you find one or two “differential fitness” explanations, then you should go test them!
EDIT: And, of course, you should also look for hypotheses not based upon differential reproduction. And test those too!
I think that “signalling your virtue and power” isn’t a crazily complex explanation. We are in need of evidence methinks.