*What if some of the best clues to the evolution of human morality come from ants and bees?*
Rachell Powell explores why inclusive fitness may not fully explain biological altruism and argues that group competition and social organization could help explain the emergence of ultra-cooperation, social norms, and morality-like systems in both humans and social insects.
0:00 Why Is Altruism an Evolutionary Puzzle?
1:20 Moving Beyond Inclusive Fitness
2:17 Did Morality Evolve Through Group Competition?
3:02 Is Morality Unique to Humans?
4:08 Humans and Social Insects Share Ultra-Cooperation
5:16 Can Insect Societies Illuminate Human Morality?
7:37 Social Norms as Functional Structures
Philosopher *Rachell Powell* explores how modern healthcare reshapes human evolution. By relaxing natural selection, medicine may be pushing humanity toward greater dependence on advanced technology—raising a striking paradox: to preserve human health as we know it, we may need to intervene more, not less.
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