Sociobiology

<p>When this classic work was first published in 1975 it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society the most important book on animal behavior of all time <i>Sociobiology</i> is probably more widely known as the object of bitter attacks by social scientists and other scholars who opposed its claim that human social behavior indeed human nature has a biological foundation. The controversy surrounding the publication of the book reverberates to the present day. <p/>In the introduction to this Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition Edward O. Wilson shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience has strengthened the case for a biological understanding of human nature. Human sociobiology now often called evolutionary psychology has in the last quarter of a century emerged as its own field of study drawing on theory and data from both biology and the social sciences. <p/>For its still fresh and beautifully illustrated descriptions of animal societies and its importance as a crucial step forward in the understanding of human beings this anniversary edition of <i>Sociobiology: The New Synthesis</i> will be welcomed by a new generation of students and scholars in all branches of learning.</p>