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sociobiology
[ soh-see-oh-bahy-ol-uh-jee, soh-shee- ]
noun
- the study of social behavior in animals with emphasis on the role of behavior in survival and reproduction, engaging branches of ethology, population genetics, and ecology.
sociobiology
/ 藢蝉蓹蕣蝉瑟蓹蕣产补瑟藞蓲濒蓹诲萧瑟 /
noun
- the study of social behaviour in animals and humans, esp in relation to its survival value and evolutionary origins
sociobiology
- The scientific study of the biological basis of the social behavior of animals, based on the theory that such behavior is often genetically determined and that the genes governing this behavior are subject to the usual mechanisms of evolution. Sociobiology posits that an animal will normally behave in ways that will increase the survival of its genes in the gene pool, either by increasing its own reproductive success or the reproductive success of an individual or group that is closely related and thus shares some of the organism's genes. Sociobiologists seek to find explanations for animal behaviors such as aggression and altruism in relation to the survival of the animal's genes.
sociobiology
- An area of inquiry in biology , still somewhat controversial but gaining wider acceptance. Its central tenet is that many human behavioral and social traits are genetically inherited and are thus determined by genetic makeup and not culture.
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Derived Forms
- 藢蝉辞肠颈辞产颈藞辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉辞路肠颈路辞路产颈路辞路濒辞驳路颈路肠补濒 [soh-see-oh-bahy-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l, soh-shee-], adjective
- 蝉辞顎卌颈路辞路产颈顎卭路濒辞驳顎僫路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
- 蝉辞顎卌颈路辞路产颈路辞濒顎僶路驳颈蝉迟 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sociobiology1
Example Sentences
Sure enough, the institution holds his personal papers 鈥 including boxes of documents related to the sociobiology wars.
But Wilson's ideas inspired other researchers, and although still somewhat controversial, sociobiology today 鈥渋s a major thrust of both evolution and behavioral ecology,鈥 Simberloff says.
When Dr. Wilson attended a 1978 debate about sociobiology, protesters rushed the stage shouting, 鈥淩acist Wilson, you can鈥檛 hide, we charge you with genocide!鈥
Of his many accomplishments in evolutionary biology, his biggest contribution was probably in the new scientific field of sociobiology, in which he addressed the biological basis of social behavior in animals, including humans.
Wilson鈥檚 sociobiology theories transformed the field of biology and reignited the nature vs. nurture debate among scientists.
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