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Conventional histories of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, such as those written by Edward O. Wilson, credit a group of three European ethologists (animal behaviorists) as the “fathers” of these sciences. All three began their work in the 1930s, and continued researching and writing into the 1960s.
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Gillette, A. (2007). Foundations for a “New” Synthesis. In: Eugenics and the Nature-Nurture Debate in the Twentieth Century. Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230608900_2
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