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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31204| Title: | The Legacy of Wilson's Sociobiology for the Human Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, Fifty Years On |
| Authors: | Sear, R |
| Issue Date: | 1-Feb-2025 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Citation: | Sear, R. (2025) 'The Legacy of Wilson's Sociobiology for the Human Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, Fifty Years On', Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, 55 (1), pp. 77 - 81. doi: 10.1525/hsns.2025.55.1.77. |
| Abstract: | When Wilson’s 1975 book Sociobiology was published it ignited a media firestorm. His bombastic style and speculations on the role of biological explanations for human behavior attracted considerable attention—and criticism. |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31204 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2025.55.1.77 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1811 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Rebecca Sear https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-0223 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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