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DPhil, Zoology, University of Oxford, 1987
Elected Fellow of the British Academy, 2008
Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Convenor of the Human Evolutionary Ecology Group
Tutor for the M.Sc. in Human Evolution and Behaviour
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General Interests
Evolutionary demography and life history, particularly empirical studies focussing on traditional African populations
Phylogenetic approaches to culture and language evolution, including comparative methods for testing cross-cultural hypotheses, and understanding the origins of kinship, family and social systems
Co-operation and competition, within families and within wider groups
Cultural transmission and the establishment of social norms
Current Research Projects
The evolutionary ecology of reproduction in a rural, Gambian population, using historical demographic records
Phylogenetic approaches to linguistic, cultural and bio-cultural evolution in sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific and Europe.
Village-level studies of the impact of development initiatives on fertility and mortality in rural Ethiopia, including contraceptive uptake and social networks.
The evolutionary ecology of matriliny in China
The evolutionary ecology of prosocial norms in India
Family structure, parental investment and child development in the UK
Current PhD Students
- Heidi Colleran (ESRC), degree expected 2012
- Caroline Uggla (ERC), degree expected 2013
- Emily Emmott (MRC), degree expected 2013
- Nicolas Montalva (Chilean Govt), degree expected 2013
- Mimi Guillon (self funded), degree expected 2014
- Antonio Silva (Portugese FCT), degree expected 2014
- Abram van Leeuwen (ERC), degree expected 2014
Recent PhD Students
- David Lawson, degree awarded in 2010
- Shakti Lamba, degree awarded in 2010
- Laura Fortunato, degree awarded in 2009
- Tom Currie, degree awarded in 2009
- Fiona Jordan, degree awarded in 2007
- Eshetu Gurmu, degree awarded in 2005
- Mhairi Gibson, degree awarded in 2002
- Rebecca Sear, degree awarded in 2001
- Clare Holden, degree awarded in 1999
