E.O. Wilson
Sociobiology's founding father
E.O.
Wilson (1929–2021) was an American biologist known for his work on ants and his controversial application of evolutionary theory to human social behavior.
His book *Sociobiology* (1975) sparked fierce debate by suggesting genetic bases for human traits like aggression and altruism.
Wilson championed biodiversity conservation and coined the term biophilia for humanity's innate connection to nature.
- antsSocial colony insects
- fire antsAggressive stinging insects
- ant colonySocial insect community
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- sociobiologyStudy of inherited social behaviors
social insects · Harvard · biophilia · naturalist · evolution · insects · colonies · ecology · rainforest · species · conservation · Alabama · pheromones · superorganism · entomology · Darwin · extinction · nature
- biologistsbiologist, geneticist, molecular biologist, microbiologist, biochemist
- American ScientistsBenjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Richard Feynman, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Carl Sagan
- animal scientistszoologist, ethologist, marine biologist, ornithologist, wildlife biologist
- Ivy League AlumniBarack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George W. Bush
- naturalistsCharles Darwin, naturalist, field researcher, botanist, Carl Linnaeus
- Science WritingCarl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Rachel Carson, Isaac Asimov
E.O. WilsonMargaret Mead
E.O. Wilsonmammalogist
One who studies mammals
Jane Goodall · Dian Fossey · primatologist · cetologist · ornithologist
E.O. WilsonB.F. Skinner
Behaviorist psychologist, conditioning researcher