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Sociobiology has not been well received in Eastern Europe. Reasons for this are listed and discussed. It is suggested that times are changing and that sociobiology will have more success in the future.
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Bereczkei, T. An intellectual legacy of the past: The reception of sociobiology in the East-European countries. Biol Philos 8, 399–407 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00857686
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