Robert L. Trivers
| Robert Trivers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 19, 1943 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Work on social theory based on natural selection, including self-deception; selfish genetic elements and the Jamaican Symmetry Project |
| Spouse(s) | Lorna Staple (1974-1988); Debra Dixon (1997-2004) |
| Children | three daughters with Staple: Natasha and Natalia (twins), Alelia, one son with Staples: Jonathan; one son with Dixon: Aubrey |
| Awards | 2007 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences |
| Website | http://roberttrivers.com |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
| Thesis | Natural Selection and Social Behavior (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest Williams |
| Influences | Charles Darwin, William Drury, W. D. Hamilton |
| Influenced | Steven Pinker, E. O. Wilson, Richard Dawkins, Jon Seger |
Robert Ludlow "Bob" Trivers (/ˈtrɪvərz/; born February 19, 1943) 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 (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.
Trivers studied evolutionary theory with Ernst Mayr and William Drury at Harvard from 1968 to 1972, when he earned his PhD in biology. His first major paper, "Reciprocal Altruism", was published in 1971.
Trivers was on the faculty at Harvard University from 1973 to 1978, and then moved to the University of California, Santa Cruz where he was a faculty member 1978 to 1994. He is currently a Rutgers University notable faculty member. In the 2008–09 academic year, he was a Fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin).
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