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American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist

United StatesScientistsLived 1943 to 2026 · aged 83
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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).

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2007Crafoord Prize in Biosciences
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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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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United States
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Scientist
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Lived 1943 to 2026 · aged 83
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