the study of social behaviour in animals and humans, esp in relation to its survival value and evolutionary origins
Derived forms
sociobiologist (ˌsociobiˈologist)
noun
sociobiology in American English
(ˌsoʊsioʊbaɪˈɑlədʒi; ˌsoʊʃiˌoʊbaɪˈɑlədʒi)
US
noun
the scientific study of the biological basis for animal and human social behavior: it is based on the theory that some or much of such behavior is genetically determined