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Robert Trivers (1943-2026) Evolutionary biologist, sociobiologist, author. Robert Trivers was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Mount Vernon, New York.

Full Name

Robert Ludlow Trivers

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline

1943

Birth

Robert Ludlow Trivers was born in Washington, District of Columbia, on February 19, 1943.

1985

Literary Work

Social Evolution
Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
080538507X / 978-0805385076
Nonfiction.

2002

Literary Work

Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert Trivers
Oxford University Press
0195130626 / 978-0195130621
Nonfiction.

2006

Literary Work

Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
0674017137 / 978-0674017139
Nonfiction written with Austin Burt.

2009

Literary Work

The Anatomy of a Fraud: Symmetry and Dance
TPZ Publishers
0615287565 / 978-0615287560
Nonfiction.

2011

Literary Work

The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life
Basic Books
0465027555 / 978-0465027552
Nonfiction.

2011

Literary Work

Deceit and Self-Deception: Fooling Yourself the Better to Fool Others
Allen Lane
0713998261 / 978-0713998269
Nonfiction.

2015

Literary Work

Wild Life: Adventures of an Evolutionary Biologist
Plympton
1938972120 / 978-1938972126
Autobiography.

2026

Death

Westchester County
Robert Trivers died at his daughter’s home in Mount Vernon, New York, on March 12, 2026.

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