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Sociobiology

A branch of biology that attempts to explain animal behavior and social structures in terms of evolutionary advantage or strategy. It uses techniques… 
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Facial symmetry and the big-five personality factors
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Darwinism and Institutional Economics
Thorstein Veblen proposed that economics should be reconstructed as a "post-Darwinian" science. One of the aims of this essay is… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The Sociobiology of sexual and reproductive strategies
On sexual and reproductive strategies, C.Vogel. Part 1 New insights from genetics: the evolution of sex - DNA repair hypothesis… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Hunter-gatherer foraging: A linear programming approach
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Alcoholism and Antisocial Personality: The Sociobiology of an Addiction
Alcohol consumption may become adaptive from the evolutionary viewpoint when drinking settings and intoxication can be used to… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The significance of coloration per Se, independent of background, for predator avoidance of aposematic prey
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Not In Our Genes, Steven Rose, R.C. Lewontin, Leon J. Kamin. Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex (1984), xi, +322. Price £3·95
Review
1984
Review
1984
Sociobiology and Antisocial Personality: An Alternative Perspective
The clinical characteristics of antisocial personality disorder are well defined, but poorly explained in developmental or… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Primate Behavior and Sociobiology
Social Organization of Tree Shrews (Tupaia glis).- Social Behavior and Incest Mechanisms of Tree Shrews (Tupaia glis) Diard 1820… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Wolf spider sociobiology: I. Agonistic display and dominance-subordinance relations in adult male Schizocosa crassipes.
1. Agonistic display among adult male Schizocosa crassipes (Walckenaer), the brush-legged wolf spider, was described. These… 
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