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A critical extension of sociobiology (study of social behavior from an evolutionary perspective) that incorporates dialectical and historical‑materialist insights. It rejects the reduction of human behavior to genetic determinism, instead examining how biological potentials are activated, suppressed, or transformed by historical conditions—class, technology, culture. It also studies how evolutionary narratives have been ideological weapons (e.g., social Darwinism). The approach looks at contradictions between individual and group selection, between reproductive strategies and economic structures, and between evolved tendencies and ethical progress.
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