Robert Trivers
Psychologist, Author
1943 –
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Who is Robert Trivers?
Robert Ludlow Trivers is an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist, who is a Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University. Trivers proposed the theories of reciprocal altruism, parental investment, facultative sex ratio determination, and parent–offspring conflict. He has also contributed by explaining self-deception as an adaptive evolutionary strategy and discussing intragenomic conflict.
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- Born
- Feb 19, 1943
Washington, D.C. - Also known as
- Robert L. Trivers
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Harvard University
Biology
(1968 - 1972/06/15)
- PhD, Harvard University
- Employment
- Rutgers University
- Lived in
- New Brunswick
(1994 - )
- New Brunswick
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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