One of the few theories in the history of ideas which has been held in common by both the
social and natural sciences as well as philosophy is that of evolution. As a scientific …

Charles Darwin's most important work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural
Selection, was published in 1859. In that volume, Darwin argued that all organisms are …

Human sociobiology attempts to explain human social behavior from an evolutionary
perspective. The initial controversies linked to the field have largely faded but have been …

Sociobiology applies natural selection theory to behavior. It asserts that the behavior of an
animal, like its anatomy, is the product of a process of biological evolution through natural …

Shahlins (1976) has argued that sociobiol-ogy has no relevance to the study of human
social behavior. His dismissal of sociobiology is based on a critique of several key elements …

Publisher Summary Evolutionary theorizing in sociology and anthropology has a long and
controversial history. This chapter offers an historical reconstruction of this controversy; it …

At least since the time of Darwin, there has been a tradition of borrowing between
evolutionary theory and the social sciences. Darwin himself owed a debt to the Scottish …

Is inclusive fitness theory, popularly called" sociobiology," necessarily conservative or
reactionary? While this criticism is usually focused on the extension of evolutionary …

A scientific mediational normative ethics uses knowledge about the world and man to
recommend optimal human behavior for the implementation of assumed ultimate goals …