Abbot, PatrickAbe, JunAlcock, JohnAlizon, SamuelAlpedrinha, Joao A. C.Andersson, MalteAndre, Jean-Baptistevan Baalen, MinusBalloux, FrancoisBalshine, SigalBarton, NickBeukeboom, Leo W.Biernaskie, Jay M.Bilde, TrineBorgia, GeraldBreed, MichaelBrown, SamBshary, RedouanBuckling, AngusBurley, Nancy T.Burton-Chellew, Max N.Cant, Michael A.Chapuisat, MichelCharnov, Eric L.Clutton-Brock, TimCockburn, AndrewCole, Blaine J.Colegrave, NickCosmides, LedaCouzin, Iain D.Coyne, Jerry A.Creel, ScottCrespi, BernardCurry, Robert L.Dall, Sasha R. X.Day, TroyDickinson, Janis L.Dugatkin, Lee AlanMouden, Claire ElEmlen, Stephen T.Evans, JayFerriere, RegisField, JeremyFoitzik, SusanneFoster, KevinFoster, William A.Fox, Charles W.Gadau, JuergenGandon, SylvainGardner, AndyGardner, Michael G.Getty, ThomasGoodisman, Michael A. D.Grafen, AlanGrosberg, RickGrozinger, Christina M.Gouyon, Pierre-HenriGwynne, DarrylHarvey, Paul H.Hatchwell, Ben J.Heinze, JürgenHelantera, HeikkiHelms, Ken R.Hill, KimJiricny, NatalieJohnstone, Rufus A.Kacelnik, AlexKiers, E. TobyKokko, HannaKomdeur, JanKorb, JudithKronauer, DanielKümmerli, RolfLehmann, LaurentLinksvayer, Timothy A.Lion, SébastienLyon, BruceMarshall, James A. R.McElreath, RichardMichalakis, YannisMichod, Richard E.Mock, DouglasMonnin, ThibaudMontgomerie, RobertMoore, Allen J.Mueller, Ulrich G.Noë, RonaldOkasha, SamirPamilo, PekkaParker, Geoff A.Pedersen, Jes S.Pen, IdoPfennig, DavidQueller, David C.Rankin, Daniel J.Reece, Sarah E.Reeve, Hudson K.Reuter, MaxRoberts, GilbertRobson, Simon K. A.Roze, DenisRousset, FrancoisRueppell, OlavSachs, Joel L.Santorelli, LorenzoSchmid-Hempel, PaulSchwarz, Michael P.Scott-Phillips, TomShellmann-Sherman, JanetSherman, Paul W.Shuker, David M.Smith, JeffSpagna, Joseph C.Strassmann, BeverlySuarez, Andrew V.Sundström, LiselotteTaborsky, MichaelTaylor, PeterThompson, GrahamTooby, JohnTsutsui, Neil D.Tsuji, KazukiTurillazzi, StefanoÚbeda, FranciscoVargo, Edward L.Voelkl, BernardWenseleers, TomWest, Stuart A.West-Eberhard, Mary JaneWestneat, David F.Wiernasz, Diane C.Wild, GeoffWrangham, RichardYoung, Andrew J.Zeh, David W.Zeh, Jeanne A.Zink, Andrew2014-08-112011Abbot, Patrick, Jun Abe, John Alcock, Samuel Alizon, Joao A. C. Alpedrinha, Malte Andersson, Jean-Baptiste Andre, et al. 2011. “Inclusive Fitness Theory and Eusociality.” Nature 471, no. 7339: E1–E4.0028-0836http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12712839Nowak et al. argue that inclusive fitness theory has been of little value in explaining the natural world, and that it has led to negligible progress in explaining the evolution of eusociality. However, we believe that their arguments are based upon a misunderstanding of evolutionary theory and a misrepresentation of the empirical literature. We will focus our comments on three general issues.en-USAnimal behaviourZoologyEvolutionGenetics and genomicsJournal Article2014-08-1110.1038/nature09831