"If fitness is correlated with survival and reproduction, then how can it not apply to individuals. It seems to me, this would be it's primary concern. "
A simple thought experiment: If you are the fittest possum ever and you choose to cross the highway during rush hour - what are you? ROADKILL
But if there's a subpopulation just like you, eventually all possums will be like you.
Sweet Dreams :-)
But if there's a subpopulation just like you, eventually all possums will be like you.
Sweet Dreams :-)
I see, so natural selection doesn't make sense if an individual possum wonders in the road and gets squashed, but it does if all the possums wonder in the road and get squashed, regardless if they did it individually or not...
I get it now...I think.
Sweet Dreams :-)
Easy for you to say. What if I have nightmares...oh wait, that's right, I'm an individual so it wouldn't count....never mind.