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- Title
The complicated legacy of E. O. Wilson with respect to genetics and human behavior.
- Abstract
Over the arc of his career, E. O. Wilson first embraced, then popularized, and finally rejected an extreme genetical hereditarian view of human nature. The controversy that ensued during the period of popularization (largely in the 1970s and 1980s) obscured the fact that empirical and theoretical research during this time undercut the assumptions necessary for this view. By the end of his career, Wilson accepted the fact that individual/kin selection models were insufficient to explain human behavior and society, and he began conducting research based upon multilevel (group) selection, an idea he had previously scorned.
- Subjects
WILSON, Edward O., 1929-2021; HUMAN behavior; HUMAN genetics; BEHAVIOR genetics; EMPIRICAL research; CONTEMPT (Attitude)
- Publication
BioEssays, 2022, Vol 44, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
0265-9247
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bies.202200034