The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973

Karl von Frisch

Prize share: 1/3

Konrad Lorenz

Prize share: 1/3

Nikolaas Tinbergen

Prize share: 1/3

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973 was awarded jointly to Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen "for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns."

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