Robert Trivers
Robert Ludlow Trivers was an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist who profoundly influenced both fields. Trivers proposed the theories of reciprocal altruism (1971), parental investment (1972), facultative sex ratio determination (1973), and parent–offspring conflict (1974). He has also contributed by explaining self-deception as an adaptive evolutionary strategy and discussing intragenomic conflict.
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- Born in
- Washington, D.C.
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Awards
- 🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science🏆 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Ernst Mayr
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1943
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