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William Donald Hamilton FRS (1 August 1936 – 7 March 2000) was a British evolutionary biologist, recognised as one of the most significant evolutionary theorists of the 20th century.
May 3, 2024 · William Donald Hamilton (born August 1, 1936, Cairo, Egypt—died March 7, 2000, London, England) was a British naturalist and population geneticist who found solutions to two of Darwin’s outstanding problems: the evolution of altruism and the evolution of sexual reproduction.
Apr 20, 2000 · W. D. Hamilton was one of the greatest evolutionary theorists since Darwin. Certainly, where social theory based on natural selection is concerned, he was easily our deepest and...
- Robert Trivers
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William Donald Hamilton was one of the leading evolutionary biologists of our time. His theory of inclusive fitness (‘kin selection’) transformed the study of social behavior by demonstrating how...
- Nancy Moran, Naomi Pierce, Jon Seger
- 2000
WILLIAM DONALD HAMILTON. 1 August 1936 — 7 March 2000 Elected FRS 1980 BYALANGRAFEN. Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. INTRODUCTION. William Donald Hamilton was born in 1936 in Cairo to New Zealander parents, and was brought up for the most part in a rural and wooded part of Kent, England.
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William Donald Hamilton was one of the leading evolution-ary biologists of our time. His theory of inclusive fitness (‘kin selection’) transformed the study of social behavior by demonstrating
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Dec 23, 2013 · W. D. Hamilton was one of the twentieth century's intellectual giants, and with this Special Feature we note the 50th anniversary of his seminal contributions [1,2] that established inclusive fitness as a central element of Darwinian evolution.
