Adaptationist stories - Volvox

I like volvox as much as the next guy, but really;

Researchers trace origin of an “altruism gene” ... In evolutionary terms, Nedelcu said, there may be no fundamental difference between altruism in Volvox and the generosity that inspires people to give, say, to charity. Both might ultimately stem from similar mechanisms.

from http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/060529_altruism.htm

I guess this hinges on what fundamental means, oh and what evolutionary terms, difference, altruism, generosity, inspiration, give, charity, similar and mechanism mean.

Do folks really think that evolution would not be as fascinating if we couldn't caricature human psychology and moral claims? This kind of hyperbole risks distracting and detracting from interesting questions about clonal organization and the evolution of multi-cellularity.