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Sociobiology : [electronic resource] the new synthesis / Edward O. Wilson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975.Description: ix, 697 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0674816218
  • 9780674816213
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 591.5
LOC classification:
  • QL775 .W54
NLM classification:
  • QL 751
Other classification:
  • 42.66
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Contents:
Pt. I. Social evolution. The morality of the gene ; Elementary concepts of sociobiology ; The prime movers of social evolution ; The relevant principles of population biology ; Group selection and altruism -- Pt. II. Social mechanisms. Group size, reproduction, and time-energy budgets ; The development and modification of social behavior ; Communication: Basic principles ; Communication: Functions and complex systems ; Communication: Origins and evolution ; Aggression ; Social spacing, including territory ; Dominance systems ; Roles and castes ; Sex and society ; Parental care ; Social symbioses -- Pt. III. The social species. The four pinnacles of social evolution ; The colonial microorganisms and invertebrates ; The social insects ; The cold-blooded vertebrates ; The birds ; Evolutionary trends within the mammals ; The ungulates and elephants ; The carnivores ; The nonhuman primates ; Man: from sociobiology to sociology -- Glossary.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-663) and index.

Pt. I. Social evolution. The morality of the gene ; Elementary concepts of sociobiology ; The prime movers of social evolution ; The relevant principles of population biology ; Group selection and altruism -- Pt. II. Social mechanisms. Group size, reproduction, and time-energy budgets ; The development and modification of social behavior ; Communication: Basic principles ; Communication: Functions and complex systems ; Communication: Origins and evolution ; Aggression ; Social spacing, including territory ; Dominance systems ; Roles and castes ; Sex and society ; Parental care ; Social symbioses -- Pt. III. The social species. The four pinnacles of social evolution ; The colonial microorganisms and invertebrates ; The social insects ; The cold-blooded vertebrates ; The birds ; Evolutionary trends within the mammals ; The ungulates and elephants ; The carnivores ; The nonhuman primates ; Man: from sociobiology to sociology -- Glossary.

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