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 …

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 …

A review of the recent literature concerning evolutionary mechanisms and possible genetic
contributions to social behavior reveals a concentration on function rather than mechanism …

This book contains a series of fourteen papers delivered at one of the Biology and Behavior
conferences organized by Russell Sage Foundation and The Rockefeller University. The …

There is a growing awareness of the important role that human genetics play in individual
differences in human behavior. However, many behavioral scientists have little background …

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 …

This chapter describes the approach based on evolutionary theory, implies that the
relevance of biology for understanding the development of human social behaviour and …

Social groups may be viewed as collections of individuals exhibiting nonindependent
behavior and organized in a cooperative manner. The evolutionary advantage of social …

Two major criticisms of human sociobiology are:(1) Biological determinism, the view that
behavior is determined by genes, is wrong when applied to humans; and (2) Culture makes …

… I think the usual discussion [of]“vitalism-mechanism” puts the question upside down by
asking “if we start with physics and chemistry can we explain the whole of biology?” …