July 7, 2000
Why the 25-Year-Old Battle Over Sociobiology Is More Than Just 'an Academic Sideshow'
A scholar's book says the dispute stems from fundamental clashes over research principles
Ullica Segerstrale is not immodest. Yet the sociologist believes she has gotten to the bottom of one of the most contentious scientific disputes of the last quarter-century: the battle over the evolutionary basis of human behavior.
No, she has not proved definitively that nature trumps nurture, or vice versa.
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