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Darwinian social theory gives us a glimpse of an underlying symmetry and logic in social relationships which, when more fully comprehended by ourselves, should revitalize our political understanding and provide the intellectual support for a science and medicine of psychology. In the process it should also give us a deeper understanding of the many roots of our suffering.

Robert Trivers

Robert Trivers

Robert Trivers

Born: February 19, 1943

Died: March 12, 2026 (aged 83)

Bio: Robert Ludlow "Bob" Trivers was an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist, who was a Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University.

Known for:

The Folly of Fools (2011)
Natural selection and social theory (2002)

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