Robert Boyd

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:George_C._Williams
William_D._Hamilton
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkbp:awards gptkb:John_Simon_Guggenheim_Memorial_Foundation_Fellowship
Fellow_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
Fellow_of_the_American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:birthYear 1943
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution Interdisciplinary approaches to human behavior
Modeling cultural evolution
Research on cooperation
Studies on social norms
Theoretical frameworks for understanding culture
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:field Cognitive Science
Evolutionary_Biology
Social_Science
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Cultural Anthropology
Sociobiology
Behavioral Ecology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Philosophy_of_Science
Complex_Systems
Mathematical_Biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Boyd
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Robert_Axelrod
gptkb:Peter_J._Richerson
Joe_Henrich
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Richard_Dawkins
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:David_Hull
gptkbp:knownFor Anthropology
Cultural Evolution
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork Culture and the Evolutionary Process
How Humans Evolved
gptkbp:researchFocus Evolutionary Theory
Human Behavior
Cultural Transmission
Social_Learning
Cultural_Group_Selection
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkbp:spouse Joan_B._Silk