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Dawkins's 1976 popular science book argues that the fundamental unit of evolution is not the individual organism but the gene—which 'selfishly' promotes its own replication using organisms as vehicles. This framing explains altruism (kin selection), sex, aging, and more. The book also coined the term 'meme' for the cultural equivalent of a gene. One of the most influential popular science books of the twentieth century.
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