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sociobiologist
Variant of sociobiology
sociobiology
definition
☆ so·cio·biol·ogy (sō′sē ō bī äl′ə jē, -s̸hē-)
noun
the scientific study of the biological basis for animal and human social behavior: it is based on the theory that some or much of such behavior is genetically determined
Related Forms:
- sociobiological so′·cio·bi′o·log′i·cal adjective
- sociobiologist so′·cio·biol′o·gist noun
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