Marina L. Butovskaya: a man of one idea - the idea of science!

Doi: 10.33876/2311-0546/2019-46-2/103-118

Abstract

The article presents a biography and a work analysis of the outstanding scientist-ethologist Marina L. Butovskaya. She made an extraordinary contribution in the study of the evolutionary foundations of human behavior, in the development of fundamental ideas about the evolution of human social behavior and its universal biosocial foundations. Marina L. Butovskaya gained fame and recognition as a scientist focused on solving fundamental issues of evolution associated with the formation of morphological appearance and behavioral strategies of modern human. She is credited with the study of a number of theoretical problems of historical, anthropological and humanitarian knowledge.

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