KnowraSociobiologyLinked fromLinked fromThe 12 pages that link to Sociobiology, each with the reason it gives.All 12Broader topic 1Related 7Compared with 4ReductionismRelated: Its accounts of social behavior raise questions about reducing social explanations to biology.EthologyCompared with: Sociobiology centers social behavior and evolutionary theory more explicitly than ethology as a whole.Gene–culture coevolutionCompared with: It often emphasizes genetic influences on behavior more than reciprocal cultural effects.Konrad LorenzRelated: It developed a later framework for explaining social behavior through evolutionary theory.The Selfish GeneRelated: The book helped bring evolutionary explanations of social behavior to a wide audience.Evolutionary anthropologyCompared with: Its focus on social behavior overlaps with, but is narrower than, evolutionary anthropology.E. O. WilsonBroader topic: Wilson’s 1975 book gave the field its most influential and controversial synthesis.W. D. HamiltonRelated: Hamilton’s work became a major theoretical resource in debates over sociobiology.ScientismRelated: Controversies over biological explanations expose the stakes of extending science into human affairs.Irenäus Eibl-EibesfeldtRelated: It developed alongside human ethology as another biological approach to social behavior.Mary MidgleyCompared with: Midgley objected when sociobiological explanations were presented as complete accounts of human motives.Napoleon ChagnonRelated: His interpretation of violence and reproduction placed his work within disputes over sociobiological explanation.