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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis

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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
AuthorEdward O. Wilson
SubjectSociobiology
PublisherHarvard University Press
Publication date
1975
Pages697
ISBNISBN 0-674-00235- Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
Followed byGenes, Mind and Culture: The coevolutionary process 


Sociobiology: The New Synthesis is a book written by E. O. Wilson, which started the sociobiology debate, one of the great scientific controversies in biology of the 20th century. Wilson popularized the term "sociobiology" as an attempt to explain the evolutionary mechanics behind social behaviors such as altruism, aggression, and nurturance.

The book was first published in 1975, then reprinted in 1976. A twenty-fifth anniversary edition was published in 2000 by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.