What Was Edward O. Wilson Known For?

Edward O. Wilson was an American biologist, naturalist and writer. He was born on June 10, 1929. Wilson was an influential biologist who on several occasions had been given the nicknames, the New Dawn, Darwin’s natural heir or The Darwin of the 21st Century.

Wilson’s biological speciality was myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he was called the whole leading expert, and was called the world’s leading expert, and was nicknamed Ant-man.

What Was Edward O. Wilson Known For?

Edward O. Wilson was known as Sociobiologist. He used sociobiology and evolutionary principles to explain the behaviour of other animals including humans, thus establishing sociobiology as a new scientific field.

He argued that all animal behaviour, including that of humans, is the product of heredity, environmental stimuli, and past experiences, and that free will is an illusion. He referred to the biological basis of behaviour as the genetic leash.