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Definition of Sociobiology
1. Noun. The branch of biology that conducts comparative studies of the social organization of animals (including human beings) with regard to its evolutionary history.
Derivative terms: Sociobiologic, Sociobiological, Sociobiologist
Definition of Sociobiology
1. Noun. The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sociobiology
1. [n -GIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sociobiology
Literary usage of Sociobiology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"sociobiology. In the 1960s William Hamilton (1964) brought a novel approach to
ethology that was more quantitative and more sharply formulated than Lorenz's ..."
2. Gaia: The Next Big Idea by Mary Midgley (2001)
"... is because the rhetoric of sociobiology bears on our central topic of
individualism I think we need to follow it out further. The spiritual ambitions of ..."
3. Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development by Jane L. Parpart, Patricia Connelly, Eudine Barriteau (2000)
"... the relationship between biological determinists — especially in the guise of
the new sociobiology — and the New Right was a love match. ln Britain, ..."
4. Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development by Jane L. Parpart, Patricia Connelly, Eudine Barriteau (2000)
"... the relationship between biological determinists — especially in the guise of
the new sociobiology — and the New Right was a love match. ln Britain, ..."
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