sociobiology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals.

/ˌsəʊ.si.əʊ.baɪˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ /ˌsəʊ.ʃ(i.)-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-sociobiology.wav /ˌsoʊ.si.oʊˌbaɪˈɑ.lɑ.d͡ʒi/ /ˌsoʊʃ(i.)-/

sociobiology sociobiologies

From socio- + biology, popularized by E. O. Wilson's Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975).

biosociology

sociobiological

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