Hamilton's rule is presumed to be satisfied because the benefits in fitness for the workers are believed to exceed the costs in terms of lost reproductive opportunity, though this has never been demonstrated empirically.
A regra de Hamilton crese que se cumpre porque os beneficios na fitness para as obreiras se cre que exceden os custos en termos de oportunidades reprodutivas perdidas, aínda que isto nunca foi demostrado empiricamente.