John Tooby
Psychologist, Award Winner
1952 –
Who is John Tooby?
John Tooby is an American anthropologist, who, together with psychologist wife Leda Cosmides, helped pioneer the field of evolutionary psychology.
Tooby received his Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard University in 1989 and is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
In 1992, together with Leda Cosmides and Jerome Barkow, Tooby edited The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture. Tooby and Cosmides also co-founded and co-direct the UCSB Center for Evolutionary Psychology.
Tooby is currently working on a book on the evolution of sexual reproduction and genetic systems.
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- Born
- Jul 26, 1952
Saint Paul - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Harvard University
Biological anthropology
( - 1989)
- PhD, Harvard University
- Lived in
- California
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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