Robert Ludlow "Bob" Trivers is an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist.
15 Facts About Robert Trivers
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Robert Trivers has contributed by explaining self-deception as an adaptive evolutionary strategy and discussing intragenomic conflict.
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Robert Trivers studied evolutionary theory with Ernst Mayr and William Drury at Harvard from 1968 to 1972, when he earned his PhD in biology.
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Robert 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.
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Robert Trivers is currently a Rutgers University notable faculty member.
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Robert Trivers was awarded the 2007 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences for "his fundamental analysis of social evolution, conflict and cooperation".
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Robert Trivers wrote the original foreword to Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene, in which Robert Trivers first proposed his adaptive theory of self-deception.
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In 2015, Rutgers University suspended Robert Trivers with pay as part of an ongoing dispute regarding a class on "Human Aggression" the Anthropology department had assigned to him.
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Robert Trivers said that he was told to teach the class even though he objected that he knew nothing about the specific subject.
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Rutgers suspended Robert Trivers for involving the students in the controversy.
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Robert Trivers told the Rutgers campus newsletter that Rutgers's officials refused to meet with him.
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Robert Trivers is among the most influential evolutionary theorists alive today.
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Steven Pinker considers Robert Trivers to be "one of the great thinkers in the history of Western thought", who has:.
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Robert Trivers has two Jamaican ex-wives, five children, and eight grandchildren as of 2016.
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Robert Trivers believes that girls mature earlier than in the past.