# Group Selection leads to a top-down human origin story

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/group-selection-leads-to-a-top-down-human-origin-story/17667>\
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**Tags:** Science\
**Created:** [February 4, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/group-selection-leads-to-a-top-down-human-origin-story/17667 "2026-02-04T16:55:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nesslig20](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/nesslig20/32/11875_2.png) [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/group-selection-leads-to-a-top-down-human-origin-story/17667/29 "2026-02-12T19:20:23Z")

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> [@Jay](#):
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> My recent experience with [Peaceful Science](http://peacefulscience.org/) has been that my posts evoke no response. No acceptance, no rejection, just silence.

Well… it’s a forum… there is no obligation.

Last year, I posted [a topic](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-do-only-some-mammals-have-a-scrotum/17032) for which I spend more time and effort compared to all my other posts, but it did not receive many responses. But I did not take that personally.

> [@Jay](#):
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> I put that down to an old acquaintance having trashed my reputation, based on earlier dealings on Richard [Dawkins.net](http://Dawkins.net) (or was it .com?) and on Ratskep.

???

I can not speak for others, but I have absolutely no idea who you are… nor do I care.

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