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Man's social behavior, like that of other animals, is influenced by his genes. So runs the controversial proposition at the heart of a new discipline called sociobiology. This week's cover story takes a look at sociobiology, the latest incarnation of Darwinism, examining its proposals that man...
"At first, most people seem to be fascinated by sociobiology, but at the same time they hate it," says Senior Editor Leon Jaroff, who edited this story. "They feel diminished by the theory. They'd like to think that most of their behavior is determined by intellect, whereas the...
These are some of the teachings of sociobiology, a new and highly controversial scientific discipline that seeks to establish that social behavior?human as well as animal?has a biological basis. Its most striking tenet: human behavior is genetically based, the result of millions of years of evolution. Some sociobiologists...
Yet sociobiology did not arise from molecular studies but as an answer to a century-old gap in Darwinian theory: Darwin could not fully explain why some organisms help other members of their species. His theory held that every organism fights for its own survival and chance to reproduce, not...
The pieces all demanded a good deal of acting ability. Dance is suited only for ambiguous character, and the Mays, Jim especially, are able to register the succession of differing emotions or the contradiction of several at once that this requires. In "A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution...