Richard Wrangham will serve as
Visiting Distinguished Fellow starting December 2007.
Richard Wrangham is Ruth B. Moore Professor
of Biological Anthropology, Harvard University. He was previously
a professor at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. He is the
author of Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence
(with Dale Peterson). Professor Wrangham is a leader in primate
behavioral ecology. His current work focuses on the behavior of
chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Forest, Uganda. He is the
recipient Rivers Medal from the Royal Anthropological Institute
and the Baran-von-Swaine Award. He is a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Richard Wrangham will give the following
lecture series. All lectures will be at 10:30am in the Sage Conference
Room (Psychology 3834), unless otherwise noted.
January 7
Cooking as a critical factor in human adaptation
January 14
Why cooking matters: energy and time
January 23
The married cook: an ecological theory of human pair-bonding
