Seldom has a field of science excited so much enthusiasm as has sociobiology while at the
same time inspiring such vituperation. To biologists working in sociobiology the term …

When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a
tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers …

In this chapter, the author explains in few pages why the majority of social scientists continue
to vigorously resist any rapprochement with behavioral biology. By far the most important …

Historically, evolutionary theory applied to human behavior has often been used to explain
and justify existing social arrangements and institutions. Biological explanations of human …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book provides a broad overview of the questions addressed by …

Sociobiologists are trying to expand the frontiers of biology to include territory which has
traditionally been part of the domain of the social sciences. The controversy over …

Sociobiology is the systematic study of the biological basis of all forms of social behavior in
all kinds of organisms. Sociobiological theory envisions three alternative outcomes in the …

Questions of values and ideology have taken on increasing prominence in discussions
concerning the adequacy of various scientific explanations of behavior. There has been a …

Most animals live solitary lives. Apart from coming together to mate, most individuals forage,
move about, and avoid predators on their own. Yet as highly social animals ourselves, we …

There is no clearly defined, universally accepted evolutionary theory that social
anthropologists must accept. There has been great progress in the understanding of genetic …