" Wilson argues that the belief in God and rituals of religion are products of evolution.
== Lavori principali ==* "The Theory of Island Biogeography", 1967, Princeton University Press (2001 reprint), ISBN 0-691-08836-5, con Robert H. MacArthur* "The Insect Societies", 1971, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-45490-1* "Sociobiology: The New Synthesis", 1975, Harvard University Press, (Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition, 2000 ISBN 0-674-00089-7)* " Genes, Mind and Culture: The coevolutionary process", 1981, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-34475-8* " Promethean fire: reflections on the origin of mind", 1983, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-71445-8* "Biophilia", 1984, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-07441-6* Success and Dominance in Ecosystems: The Case of the Social Insects, 1990, Inter-Research, ISSN 0932-2205* "The Ants", 1990, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-04075-9, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, con Bert Hölldobler* "The Diversity of Life", 1992, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-21298-3, "The Diversity of Life: Special Edition, ISBN 0-674-21299-1* "Biophilia_The Biophilia Hypothesis", 1993, Shearwater Books, ISBN 1-55963-148-1, con Stephen R. Kellert* "Journey to the Ants_Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration", 1994, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-48525-4, con Bert Hölldobler* "Naturalist (book)_Naturalist", 1994, Shearwater Books, ISBN 1-55963-288-7* "In Search of Nature", 1996, Shearwater Books, ISBN 1-55963-215-1, con Laura Simonds Southworth* "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge", 1998, Knopf, ISBN 0-679-45077-7* "L'armonia meravigliosa.