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Richard Dawkins Gene-Centered View Of Evolution In The Selfish Gene

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Richard Dawkins discusses evolution in The Selfish Gene, Dawkins had a Gene-centered view of evolution. He argues the important aspect of evolution is the gene rather than for the good of the species or group, he believed that the gene was the fundamental unit of natural selection because it could survive by being copied while groups and species could not. The original replicator was a molecule which could reproduce itself and gave rise to improvement. Different varieties of replicators had to compete and the replicators that survived built survival machines to live in. Dawkins postulated that replicators are genes and people, plants, and animals are their survival machines (Dawkins, 214). The ability of a gene to survive by increasing survival
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