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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis

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Edward O. Wilson’s Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975) introduced the field of sociobiology, proposing that social behavior across animal species—including humans—has a biologically evolved basis. It explores topics such as altruism, dominance, mating systems, kin selection, eusociality, and group living, across insects to primates. The 25th Anniversary edition adds a new introduction reflecting on advances in genetics and neuroscience that support a biological understanding of human nature, now often called evolutionary psychology.
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The book was highly influential—and controversial: praised as foundational for behavioral biology, yet sharply criticized for perceived biological determinism, particularly in its treatment of human social behavior. The disputes that accompanied its publication marked a pivotal moment in the dialogue between biology and the social sciences. Over time, many of the debates subsided as sociobiology evolved into its modern form.

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Call Number

591,56 W746

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press., 2000 (March 24)

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0674000897

Classification

591,56

Content Type

text

Media Type

unmediated

Carrier Type

volume

Edition

25th

Subject(s)

Sociobiology; biological basis of social behavior;

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