| Lewis Petrinovich | |
| Birth Date: | 12 June 1930 |
| Fields: | Evolutionary psychology |
| Workplaces: | University of California, Riverside |
| Alma Mater: | University of Idaho, University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis Title: | The Effect of Strychnine Sulphate on Discrimination Learning in Rats |
| Thesis Url: | https://books.google.com/books?id=qmdKAQAAMAAJ |
| Thesis Year: | 1962 |
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| Doctoral Students: | Aurelio Jose Figueredo |
| Awards: | Member of the California Academy of Sciences since 1982[1] |
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Lewis Franklin Petrinovich (June 12, 1930 - July 28, 2021)[2] [3] was an American evolutionary psychologist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Riverside.[4] [5] His work has included research on lefthandedness,[6] the potential evolutionary origins of cannibalism,[7] [8] and evolutionary ornithology.[9]
Petrinovich received his bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho in 1952 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1962.[5] [10]