On Human Nature

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book nonfiction book

On Human Nature is a landmark 1978 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the biological and evolutionary foundations of human behavior and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → nonfiction book →
author	Edward O. Wilson →
awardReceived	Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction →
awardYear	1979 →
controversialFor	claims about genetic influences on social behavior →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
discusses	biological roots of morality → biological roots of religion → biological roots of social structures →
field	behavioral science → biology →
follows	Sociobiology: The New Synthesis →
genre	evolutionary psychology → science → sociobiology →
hasDeweyDecimalClassification	573.2 →
hasEdition	paperback edition → revised edition →
hasInfluenced	debates on nature versus nurture → evolutionary psychology →
hasISBN	9780674639067 →
hasLCClassification	QP981.W55 →
hasOCLCNumber	3168027 →
language	English →
literaryPeriod	20th-century nonfiction →
mainThesis	many aspects of human behavior have evolutionary and genetic foundations →
mediaType	print →
notableFor	arguing for biological basis of human behavior → popularizing sociobiology →
pageCount	approximately 260 →
partOf	Edward O. Wilson bibliography →
placeOfPublication	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
publicationYear	1978 →
publisher	Cambridge, Massachusetts → Harvard University Press →
subject	aggression → altruism → culture → ethics → evolution → human behavior → human nature → religion → sex differences → sociobiology →
targetAudience	general readership →
writtenBy	Edward O. Wilson →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge → Sociobiology: The New Synthesis →	relatedWork
Edward O. Wilson →	notableWork
Edward O. Wilson →	PulitzerPrizeFor