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BOSTON (AP) — Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis and warned against the decline of ecosystems, has died.
Edward O. Wilson, a Birmingham native who warned against the decline of ecosystems, won two Pulitzer Prizes as an author.
His work created a storm of controversy among activists and fellow academics who equated sociobiology's groundbreaking theories with sexism, racism and Nazism.
Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis, has died. He was 92.
Scientist stirred controversy with 1975 book, 'Sociobiology: The New Synthesis,' that linked human behavior and genetics; critics equated theories with sexism, racism and Nazism