Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre

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Our People

Academic staff

Name	Position	Research interests
Professor Robert A. Barton	Professor in the Department of Anthropology Director (Social Sciences) in the Institute of Advanced Study	Behavioural ecology and sociobiology Comparative studies of brain size and structure in relation to behavioural ecology Evolution of mammalian reproductive traits Primate evolution and behaviour
Professor Alan Bilsborough	Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology	Human evolution, especially the functional basis for cranial diversity in early hominids and the reconstruction of evolutionary patterns The interaction of social and biological variables in human biology, with particular reference to patterns of nutrition and disease
Professor Lynda Boothroyd	Professor in the Department of Psychology	Attraction Body size preferences Evolutionary Social and Developmental Psychology Facial masculinity Father absence theory Body image
Dr Zanna Clay	Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology	Comparative Affective Science Evolution and development of empathy Evolution of language and culture Primate behaviour Primate Conservation Science outreach - primatology Social cognition Development of communication and social learning Primate vocal communication Animal cognition Child gesture development Applications to primate conservation
Professor Russell Hill	Professor in the Department of Anthropology	Primate Behaviour and Ecology Predator-Prey Interactions Felid Behaviour and Ecology Conservation and Human-Wildlife Conflict
Professor AR Hoelzel	Professor in the Department of Biosciences	Conservation genetics Evolutionary biology Population genetics and molecular ecology Ancient DNA
Dr Jeremy Kendal	Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology	Social transmission and population dynamics
Professor Rachel Kendal (nee Day)	Professor in the Department of Anthropology	Social Learning Behavioural Innovation Cultural Evolution Cumulative Culture Applications to Welfare, Conservation & Science Communication
Professor Robert H. Layton	Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology	Anthropology and archaeology of art Evolution of social behaviour Indigenous rights Social change, especially among French and Chinese villagers, and Native Australians
Dr Bruce Rawlings
Dr Sally Street	Director of DCERC Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology	Macro-evolutionary anthropology Phylogenetic comparative methods Technical skill: music, tool use, construction Human/animal interactions
Dr Amanda Tan	Member of the Department of Anthropology	Technical intelligence: tool use, object manipulation, extractive foraging Social learning Animal traditions and culture Primate archaeology Human-wildlife interactions Evolutionary significance of coastal environments
Professor Jamie Tehrani	Professor in the Department of Anthropology	Cultural evolution Phylogenetic analysis of culture Social learning Cognitive anthropology Oral traditions Material culture Fairy tales
Dr Tom Widger	Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology	Anthropology & chemistry Suicide, self-harm, ethnopsychiatry Cognition, cultural transmission, social learning Charity, philanthropy, CSR, development Religion, nationalism, politics Pesticides, agrochemicals, and their human and environmental impacts Chemical body burden, biomonitoring, medical and eco toxicology Purity/danger; pollution/risk Global health Sri Lanka & South Asia

Academic Staff

Name	Title
Professor Robert A. Barton
Prof Alan Bilsborough
Professor Lynda Boothroyd
Dr Zanna Clay
Professor Russell Hill
Professor AR Hoelzel
Dr Jeremy Kendal
Professor Rachel Kendal (nee Day)
Prof Robert H. Layton
Dr Sally Street	Director
Dr Amanda Tan
Professor Jamie Tehrani
Dr Tom Widger

Graduate Students

Name	Title
Miss Diane Austry
Mrs Helen Donnelly
Mr Ivan Garcia-nisa
Dr Carmen Granito
Mr Duncan Learmouth
Ms Gessica Martini
Mr Robin Watson

External members