ANT331H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Population Genetics, Equipotential, Deeper Understanding
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Sociobiology the systematic study of biological basis of all forms of social behaviour, including sexual and parental behaviour, in all kinds of organisms, including man. About 90% of its current material concerns animals, even though over 90% of the attention given to sociobiology by non-scientists, and especially journalists, is due to its possible application to the study of human social behaviour. Most of the fundamental principles of genetics and biochemistry applied to human biology is based on colon bacteria, fruit flies, and white rats. In 1950, scott, who had been serving as the secretary of the small but influential committee for the study of animal behaviour, suggested that sociobiology more formally as a term for the. Interdisciplinary science which lies between the fields of biology and psychology and sociology . During 1950-1970 sociobiology was employed intermittently in technical articles, a useage evidently inspired by its now quasioficial status.
