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The study of social behavior encompasses such questions as why social groups form among individuals of a species, why they are of certain sizes and not others, and what the realtionships are among group members. A theory that has emerged for animal sociality, called sociobiology (Wilson, 1975), is grounded on Darwinian natural selection acting on the individual, and on the modern principles of population dynamics and ergonomics (the study of work, performance, and efficiency). There is almost universal agreement that sociobiology has been highly successful in its application to animal populations, though there is sharp disagreement on its relevance to human society (Wilson, 1978; Alexander, 1979; Sahlins, 1976; Bock, 1980; Lumsden and Wilson, 1981; Singer, 1981).
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DeAngelis, D.L., Post, W.M., Travis, C.C. (1986). Social Behavior. In: Positive Feedback in Natural Systems. Biomathematics, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82625-2_7
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