Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense?

In June 1975, the distinguished Harvard entomologist Edward O. Wilson published a truly huge book entitled, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. In this book, drawing on both fact and theory, Wilson tried to present a com­ prehensive overview of the rapidly growing subject of ''sociobiology'', the study of the biological nature and foundations of animal behaviour, more precisely animal social behaviou...