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AMOTZ ZAHAVI 1928–2017

AMOTZ ZAHAVI 1928–2017 Last May (2017) Professor Amotz Zahavi passed away. He was known to many as a founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and as a scientist who introduced to the world the Handicap Principle. Amotz had indeed a personality that is hard to sum up in words. He combined levels of determination, vision, leadership, outstanding originality, clarity of observation and intuition with which few are favoured. Within the scientific community outside of Israel, not many knew of his lifetime dedication to the conservation of nature; and few among the nature lovers in Israel were aware of the depth of his contributions to the world of science. Those who did know him personally knew that this combination constituted one more aspect that made Amotz such a unique and special individual.Photo: Oded KeynanFirst stepsAmotz Zahavi was born on August 14, 1928, in Petach Tikva, a town founded in 1878 as one of the first two settlements established by Jews in the Land of Israel in the early years of the Zionist Movement. According to his mother, he would watch the birds in the garden even before he learned to talk, and throughout his childhood he wandered around http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution Brill

AMOTZ ZAHAVI 1928–2017

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1565-9801
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2224-4662
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10.1163/22244662-06301010
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Last May (2017) Professor Amotz Zahavi passed away. He was known to many as a founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and as a scientist who introduced to the world the Handicap Principle. Amotz had indeed a personality that is hard to sum up in words. He combined levels of determination, vision, leadership, outstanding originality, clarity of observation and intuition with which few are favoured. Within the scientific community outside of Israel, not many knew of his lifetime dedication to the conservation of nature; and few among the nature lovers in Israel were aware of the depth of his contributions to the world of science. Those who did know him personally knew that this combination constituted one more aspect that made Amotz such a unique and special individual.Photo: Oded KeynanFirst stepsAmotz Zahavi was born on August 14, 1928, in Petach Tikva, a town founded in 1878 as one of the first two settlements established by Jews in the Land of Israel in the early years of the Zionist Movement. According to his mother, he would watch the birds in the garden even before he learned to talk, and throughout his childhood he wandered around

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Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution – Brill

Published: Feb 7, 2017

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