Adaptation and Natural Selection
Second Assignment
第二回課題 Chapter 4 Group Selectionの全体を2000字以内で要約せよ。締め切り11月29日（火）。
コメント 今回もあまり出来がよくないね。この章の最終段落、pp. 122-4は何を言おうとしとるのかな？タダの付け足しか、それとも以後の議論につながる重要な論点を確認しとるのか、どっちやねん？ほとんどの答案は、それがまったく読めてえへん。諸君らの目はふしあなケ？「木を見て森を見ず」か？××！
Group selection is the only conceivable force that could produce biotic adaptation. ... The issue, however, cannot be resolved on the basis of hypothetical examples ... A direct assessment of the importance of group selection would have to be based on ... Obviously this ideal will not be met, and some indirect method of evaluation will be necessary. The only method that I can conceive of as being reliable is an examination of the adaptations ... to determine the nature of the goals for which they are designed. ... I can conceive of only two ultimate purposes as being indicated, genic survival and group survival. ... (Uchii's italics)
ここのところをまとめておかないと５章以下でやることとつながりつかんし、４章のまとめとしても落ちつかんやないか！
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