... influenced by the earlier theories developed by Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin is widely known to develop the concept of evolutionary concepts. These include the idea that organisms are in constant conflict with their environment. This developed the theory of natural selection which states that individuals who possess advantageous traits are more likely to pass them on to their offspring. Another principle of Darwin identifies sexual selection as a function in evolutionary process. This states that an individual may determine their choice in mate selection based on other characteristics than those of Darwinian "fitness." These two individual processes provided the fundamental basis of biologists in more recent years to expand on. In 1963, William Hamilton finally found an explanation to the problems behind Darwin's theories of natural selection. Since natural selection acts only on the benefit of the individual, and it has been determined that organisms are likely to cooperate, Hamilton ...

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