Amotz Zahavi
Amotz Zahavi · Science & Medicine
Evolutionary biologist who proposed the handicap principle explaining costly signals in animals.
1928, Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine — 2017, Israel
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Amotz Zahavi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Evolutionary biologist who proposed the handicap principle explaining costly signals in animals.
Zahavi was an Israeli evolutionary biologist who proposed the handicap principle, the influential idea that costly, seemingly wasteful signals (such as the peacock's tail) are reliable because only fit individuals can afford them. A co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, he was born in Petah Tikva into the Jewish community of pre-state Palestine and taught at Tel Aviv University.
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Evolutionary biologist who proposed the handicap principle explaining costly signals in animals.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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