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Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson. By: Sarai Diaz-Farfan Class: APES T: Mrs. Kendig. Occupations?. He is Naturalist, theorists, researcher and biologist. He was myrmecology,which means the study of Ants. Founder of Sociobiology. The altruistic behavior of species specially insects.

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Edward O. Wilson

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  1. Edward O. Wilson By: Sarai Diaz-Farfan Class: APES T: Mrs. Kendig

  2. Occupations? • He is Naturalist, theorists, researcher and biologist. • He was myrmecology,which means the study of Ants.

  3. Founder of Sociobiology • The altruistic behavior of species specially insects. • He discovered that ants communicate primarily through something called pheromones. • He also believed that 10 percent of human behavior is induced while the rest is given to the environment.

  4. He also had a theory that even Altruism can evolve through Natural Selection • Natural selection- The adaption of certain species to an environment. • After years of research he came out with the idea that high social organism are to be counted together as a superorganism rather than independently.

  5. Some of his research was based on some Charles Darwins ideas. • Later on Wilson turned his research into religious and philosophy topics.

  6. Works Cited • "E. O. Wilson." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 09 June 2012. Web. 10 Sept. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson>. • "Edward O. Wilson (American Biologist)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2012. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/644678/Edward-O-Wilson>. • "Edward O. Wilson." Edward O. Wilson. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2012. <http://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/wilson/>. • N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2012.

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