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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975; 25th anniversary edition 2000) is a book by the biologist E. O. Wilson. It helped start the sociobiology debate, one of the great scientific controversies in biology of the 20th century and part of the wider debate about evolutionary psychology and the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology.
- Edward Osborne Wilson
- 1975
Mar 4, 2000 · E.O. Wilson defines sociobiology as "the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior," the central theoretical problem of which is the question of how behaviors that seemingly contradict the principles of natural selection, such as altruism, can develop.
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Mar 4, 2000 · In the introduction to this Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, Edward O. Wilson shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience has strengthened the case for a biological understanding of human nature.
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- Edward O. Wilson
man sociobiology (nowadays also called evolutionary psychology) has spread is due not merely to ideology and inertia, but also and more fundamentally to the traditional divide between the great branches of learning. Since the early nineteenth century it has been generally assumed that the natural sciences, the social sci-
Jan 1, 1975 · Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Hardcover – January 1, 1975. by Edward O. Wilson (Author) 4.5 34 ratings. See all formats and editions.
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- 1975
- Edward Osborne Wilson
- Edward O. Wilson
For its still fresh and beautifully illustrated descriptions of animal societies, and its importance as a crucial step forward in the understanding of human beings, this anniversary edition of Sociobiology: The New Synthesis will be welcomed by a new generation of students and scholars in all branches of learning. Read more.
The biologist, who is concerned with questions of physiology and evolutionary history, realizes that self-knowledge is constrained and shaped by the emotional control centers in the hypothalamus and limbic system of the brain.
