Robert Trivers
American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1943 to 2026 · aged 83
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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He has also contributed by explaining self-deception as an adaptive evolutionary strategy and discussing intragenomic conflict.
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Lived 1943 to 2026 · aged 83
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