Social evolution reading group

Over the summer of 2008-2009 we looked into some social evolution ideas from a mathematical perspective. The first few were based on chapters in Mathematical Models of Social Evolution - a guide for the perplexed, by Richard McElreath and Robert Boyd. Meetings are in the "in between" weeks of the FestivalOfDoubt, i.e. see that page for the time and venue. To get reminders / info about these, sign up to the Festival of Doubt mailing list - don't worry it's easy to get off it later.

• suggested social evolution topics - please put your suggestions for the reading group here

When	Topic	notes
30 Oct 2008	Viability selection, animal conflict	notes - basics of modeling evolution as variation + selection, basics of games
13 Nov 2008	Altruism and inclusive fitness	notes - uses theory from previous notes to deduce (eg) Hamilton's Rule
11 Dec 2008	Animal communication	honest signals - page about what honest signaling entails, when cheating is possible
8 Jan 2009	Group selection	marcus's notes covering Price's equation, its use in describing multi-level selection, and example: rederiving Hamilton's Rule.
22 Jan 2009	Fisher's run-away process	spurious puff of a draft musing
12 Feb 2009	The Stag Hunt	The stag hunt