George W. Barlow - Sociobiology: Beyond Nature/nurture? : Reports, Definitions and Debate.

First published 1980 by Westview Press

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Sociobiology:beyond nature/nurture?

(AAAS selected symposium ; 35)

Based on a symposium held at the 1978 AAAS national annual meeting
in Washington, D.C., February 1217.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Sociobiology. I. Barlow, George W. II. Silverberg, James.
III. American Association for the Advancement of Science. rv. Series:
American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS selected symposium ;
35

GN365.9.S6155 3064 80-10256

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-28783-2 (hbk)

To most biologists, sociobiology represents the concept of strict Darwinian individual selection married to an analytical application of ecological principles and brought to bear on social behavior in an unusually exciting and productive way. Joining the biologists are a small number of social scientists. But there are radically divergent views as to how the field should be delimited, and sociobiology is one of the most widely discussed fields in biology and anthropology today.

The symposium on which this book is based was arranged by a biologist and an anthropologist. The participants, leaders in their fields, ably present contrasting and responsible views on current issues. This is the first collection of essays on sociobiology in which opposing views are aired. It is an exciting, timely book and an important historical document.

The AAAS Selected Symposia Series was begun in 1977 to provide a means for more permanently recording and more widely disseminating some of the valuable material which is discussed at the AAAS Annual National Meetings. The volumes in this Series are based on symposia held at the Meetings which address topics of current and continuing significance, both within and among the sciences, and in the areas in which science and technology impact on public policy. The Series format is designed to provide for rapid dissemination of information, so the papers are not typeset but are reproduced directly from the camera-copy submitted by the authors. The papers are organized and edited by the symposium arrangers who then become the editors of the various volumes. Most papers published in this Series are original contributions which have not been previously published, although in some cases additional papers from other sources have been added by an editor to provide a more comprehensive view of a particular topic. Symposia may be reports of new research or reviews of established work, particularly work of an interdisciplinary nature, since the AAAS Annual Meetings typically embrace the full range of the sciences and their societal implications.

WILLIAM D. CAREY
Executive Officer
American Association for the Advancement of Science

--George W. Barlow

--James Silverberg

--David L. Hull

--Arthur L. Caplan

--Stephen T. Emlen

--Robert R. Warner

--Jack W. Bradbury

--David P. Barash

--Danilo Mainardi

--Stephen Jay Gould

--John C. DeFries

--Edward O. Wilson

--Frank B. Livingstone

--Richard Dawkins

--George C. Williams

--Elizabeth Kocher Adkins

--William Irons

--Eleanor Leacock

--Stephanie A. Shields

--Paul W. Sherman

--Napoleon A. Chagnon

--B. J. Williams

--Judy A. Stamps and Robert A. Metcalf