title: Sociobiology: another biological determinism.
abstract: Sociobiology is a form of biological determinism which argues that human social organization is constrained by genes that have been selected in evolution. In particular, it regards male dominance, hierarchical society, entrepreneurial economic activity, territoriality, and aggression as a consequences of human genes. It is shown that sociobiological theory is carefully constructed to make it impossible to test, that it makes a number of fundamental errors in attempting to describe "human nature," that there is no evidence for inheritance of human social traits, and that the evolutionary arguments used are merely fanciful, adaptive stories.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001695:Biology; D030861:Capitalism; D005260:Female; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D040821:Human Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D035503:Sociobiology; D012961:Sociology