Peter Richerson
Peter J. Richerson (born October 11, 1943 ) is an American biologist . He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis .
Life
Richerson studied entomology at UC Davis ( BS , 1965). In 1969 he received his Ph.D. in zoology . After postdoc and junior professorship , he was Professor of Environmental Science in Davis from 1977-2006. He was visiting professor at UC Berkeley (1977/78), Duke University (1984) and the University of Exeter (2004). In 1991 he was a visiting scientist at Bielefeld University .
job
Richerson's research interests are sociocultural evolution , human ecology, and applied and tropical limnology .
Books (selection)
- Robert Boyd & Peter J. Richerson: Culture and the Evolutionary Process . University Of Chicago Press, 1985. ISBN 0226069338 .
- Peter J. Richerson & Robert Boyd: Not by Genes Alone: How culture transformed human evolution . University of Chicago Press, 2004. ISBN 0226712125 .
- Robert Boyd & Peter J. Richerson: The Origin and Evolution of Cultures . Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 019518145X .
Web links
- Richerson at UC Davis
- Richerson Lecture on Origins of Language , April 15, 2011, Brooklyn College
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Richerson, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richerson, Peter J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1943 |