Example Sentences

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"The economy of nature is competitive from beginning to end," writes sociobiologist M. T. Ghiselin, coeditor of the Journal of Bioeconomics.

From Salon • May 30, 2021

We always borrow this from E. O. Wilson, the sociobiologist: the problem of humans is that we have Paleolithic brains, medieval institutions and godlike technology.

From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2019

The burning question which we are all trying to answer, including the sociobiologist yarn spinners, is: Will the human species be doomed to destroy itself?

From Time Magazine Archive

Though no sociobiologist has yet worked out a full theory of religion, the general view is that the golden rule about love of neighbor evolved out of reciprocal altruism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the speakers: Jim Watson and Hamilton Smith, both Nobel prizewinners for their work on DNA; Pulitzer prizewinning entomologist and sociobiologist E.O.

From Time Magazine Archive