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1906- . English zoologist who argued that
animal behaviour is often altruistic and that
animals will behave for the good of the
group, even if this entails individual
sacrifice. Her study Animal Dispersal in
Relation to Social Behaviour was published in
1962. The theory that animals are genetically
programmed to behave for the good of the
species has since fallen into disrepute. From
this dispute grew a new interpretation of
animal behaviour, seen in the work of
biologist E O Wilson.