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sociobiology controversial field that studies how natural selection, previously used only to explain the evolution of physical characteristics, shapes behavior in animals and humans. The theory has contributed to the understanding of certain evolutionary traits in the animal world, such as how instinctive parental behaviors of animals are determined in part by the need to ensure survival of offspring. A related aspect of sociobiology deals with altruistic behaviors in general. In a theory called kin selection, animals that behave altruistically would have their genes passed on by helping... Read more

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A Dictionary of Sociology sociobiology A recently developed academic discipline, particularly...Edward O. Wilson, who coined the term itself in his Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975); and Richard Dawkins, author...of all social behaviour’. In the mid-1970s sociobiology brought together into a supposedly coherent ... Read more

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The Oxford Companion to the Body sociobiology Some animals lead very solitary lives, but others, including humans, live in complex social groups. Sociobiology is the branch of biology that deals with the behaviour...they have generated much more controversy. Wilson's Sociobiology , for example, unleashed a torrent of criticism when... Read more

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	Sociobiology as Fiction Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...compassion? Hard wires and blank slates, nature vs. nurture -- these are concepts we may expect to find in a discussion of sociobiology or evolutionary studies, the contentious turf long patrolled by such well-known and controversial theorists as E.O. Wilson... Read more
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