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Though an entomologist rather than etymologist.
I've never understood why people being expert scientists are thought to be expert philosophers. Really Science has very little to say about philosophy. Sociobiology is still controversial and seems more like philosophy and speculation than science. However I've not read his books on the subject, though knew of them.
Dawkins is a biologist famous for a book with howlers about theology & philosophy. He seems superficially similar in outlook to E. O. Wilson.
Certainly "social" insects (bees, ants, termites etc) are fascinating, but even intelligent social birds (rooks might be as smart as chimps) or social animals are hard to fathom. Especially as they have vocabulary and not language, see Chomsky.
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