Robert Trivers | |
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| Born | Robert Ludlow Trivers February 19, 1943 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Evolution of social behavior |
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| Children | 5 |
| Awards | Crafoord Prize (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
| Thesis | Natural Selection and Social Behavior (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest Williams[1] |
| Website | roberttrivers |
Robert Ludlow "Bob" Trivers (/ˈtrɪvərz/; born February 19, 1943) is an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist. 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 (first described in 1976) and discussing intragenomic conflict.[2]