A reduction of "Species"
Online paper by Jody Hey,Department of Genetics, Rutgers University. |
Against Sociobiology
Tom Bethell speculates on what future generations will make of the controversy surrounding human sociobiology. |
All behaviour.com - behaviour and its origin
A book on human behaviour and evolution by Robert Bugler. |
Animal behavior and sociobiology courses
Research and teaching in animal and human behavior by Dr. Paul J. Watson, University of New Mexico and Flathead Lake Biological, Montana. Field courses, graduate and independent study student supervision, and workshops. |
Archive of News in Brain and Behavioural Sciences
Archive of articles and book reviews on anthropology, archaeology, artificial intelligence, behaviour genetics, cognitive science, developmental psychology, economics, ethology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, genetics, law, linguistics, n |
Archives of SOCIOBIO@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Archives of mailing list "Discussing the Evolutionary Approach to Human Development." |
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Oxford
Research group studying animal learning, memory, and decision-making, using experimental psychology and evolutionary biology as tools. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford. |
CogPrints: Sociobiology
Original scientific papers on the subject. |
Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence
Chapter one of the book by Richard Wrangham and Dale Petersen. |
Department of Zoology II
Sociobiology and Ethology site, featuring research on the evolution of altruistic behavior of insects. University of Würzburg. |
Exorcising Sociobiology
Biologist Paul Gross on the relationship between sociobiology and recent scandals in anthropology. |
Great Ideas in Personality--Sociobiology
Concise introduction to Sociobiology. Includes links to research papers, web sites, and other reference sources. |
Group selection and human altruism
Alexander Field fails in his attempt to demonstrate that human altruism cannot be explained without group selection. However, his ideas are likely to generate renewed interest in this important topic, by both researchers who find his specific group selec |
History of Sociobiology
A brief historical perspective from Southern Arkansas University. |
Human Genetics for the Social Sciences
Text, figures, and learning exercises in human behavioral genetics |
Kin Selection: A Critical Review
Article published in the Journal of Comparative Biology discusses issues related to Kin Selection theory. |
Mary Midgley Webpage
A very thorough site, containing links to many full-text articles, on the long-standing critic of evolutionary psychology and sociobiology. |
Mechanism of Sperm Competition in Birds
Abstract of American Scientist article discussing extra-pair mating strategies. |
Social caterpillars
The site deals with the evolution, ecology, and social behavior of caterpillar societies. |
Sociobiology
Explains major concepts of Sociobiology, including Ethology, Evolution, Attraction, Sexual Dimorphism, Imprinting, Kin Selection, Reciprocal Altruism, and Dominance Hierarchies. Contrasts the roles of Sociobiology and Culture. |
Sociobiology: Human Behavior and Evolution
A useful bibliography. |
Sociobiology: The New Religion
Dr. Richard J. Blackwell Department of Philosophy St. Louis University. This paper was presented at the ITEST Conference on The State of the Art in March, 1980. Dr. Blackwell is well versed in the philosophy of science and has written many papers on vari |
Springer LINK: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Tables of contents and article abstracts from this Springer-Verlag journal. Complete article texts are available in PDF format to print subscribers. |
The Desmond Morris Information Page
Zoologist/anthropologist studying the evolutionary origins of human behavior. |
The Importance of Being Flashy
Article from International Wildlife Magazine discusses exaggerated ornamentation as an indicator of reproductive fitness. |
The Purpose of Life
The Purpose of Life is summarised. This is a book on the philosophy of values and ethics from a viewpoint of evolution or sociobiology. |
The Pythagorean Perspective: The Arts and Sociobiology
A paper exploring the idea that cultural evolution is a manifestation of biological evolution. |
Thinking About Evolution: Historical, Philosophical, and Political Perspectives
Michael Bradie assesses the historical, philosophical, and political aspects of the work of the noted critic of sociobiology Richard Lewontin. |
What It Means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes
"Nothing. And everything," says Jonathan Marks in his latest book. |
William Hamilton
Obituary for the evolutionary biologist who explained how selfish genes could produce altruism. |
