

Contact Details
Ruth Mace
Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
UCL Dept of Anthropology
- Tel: 020 7679 8845
- Ext: 28845
- r.mace@ucl.ac.uk
- Room 221, Anthropology, 14 Taviton St, London, WC1H 0BW
Human Evolution Interest
Human Evolution and Behaviour
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