By Darwin’s natural/sexual selection principle, the lineage or type that passes on many more of its genes than other types is selected for .

critique of Selfish gene concept “A lineage is expected to evolve to maximise its inclusive fitness—the number of copies of its genes passed on globally (rather than by a particular individual). “

CB : Let’s see . By Darwin’s natural/sexual selection principle, the lineage or type that passes on many more of its genes than other types is selected for .

“As a result, populations will tend towards an evolutionarily stable strategy. The book also introduces the term meme for a unit of human cultural evolution analogous to the gene, suggesting that such "selfish" replication may also model human culture, in a different sense ///

CB: Yes human Stone Age cultural evolution was significantly determined by adaptations to the physical environment; and culture, unique to humans , gave humans a Darwinian adaptive advantage over all other animals , such that the human population expanded more than other primates, mammals, vetebrates .

See my articles on this :

http://take10charles.blogspot.com/2019/03/genus-homos-darwinian-adaptive.html

http://take10charles.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultural-darwinian-adaptations-not.html

“. Memetics has become the subject of many studies since the publication of the book. In raising awareness of Hamilton's ideas, as well as making its own valuable contributions to the field, the book has also stimulated research on human inclusive fitness.[1]

In the foreword to the book's 30th-anniversary edition, Dawkins said he "can readily see that [the book's title] might give an inadequate impression of its contents" and in retrospect thinks he should have taken Tom Maschler's advice and called the book The Immortal Gene.[2]

In July 2017, a poll to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Royal Society science book prize listed The Selfish Gene as the most influential science book of all time.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene