sociobiology
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- noun
- /ˌsoʊsiəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒi/
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sociobiología
- Midgley writes approvingly that as sociobiology has developed, "the crude rhetoric of selfishness has been toned down."
- Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
- era of sociobiology
- behavioral biology, especially sociobiology
Examples
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The study of sociobiology investigates how evolutionary theory influences the social behaviors of animals and humans.
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The goal of sociobiology is to explain all that we do biologically or physically.
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And so sociobiology, even at this elementary level, is no guide for how we should act.
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We know that sociobiology is not completely true for the same reason we know that history has not ended.
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In fact, sociobiology, for all its attempts at empiricism, fell into these gender traps over and over again.
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In 1975, biologist Edward O. Wilson published a revolutionary two-volume work, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.
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Researchers in sociobiology often explore the genetic basis for social interactions among different species.
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The field of sociobiology provides insights into how certain social behaviors may have evolved over time.
How Biological
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Surface Forms
Morphology
sociobiology = biology (semi-transparent) = socio + bio + logy
Adding socio- to biology is a regular and fairly clear formation meaning 'social biology'.
Etymology
The word sociobiology is made from socio- 'social' and biology 'study of life'. So, sociobiology is the study of how life and biology shape social behavior in animals and humans.