Dr. Christopher W. Kuzawa

Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
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Peabody Museum 53C 11 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-4080
ckuzawa@fas.harvard.edu
Kuzawa Research Group

I am a biological anthropologist interested in developmental biology, human evolution, and health. My group’s research explores developmental influences on adult biology and health, the psychobiology of human fatherhood, non-genetic forms of biological inheritance, and the energetics and evolution of the human brain. Our work also addresses the history and misuse of race concepts in anthropology and beyond.

I received my PhD in Anthropology and MSPH in Epidemiology from Emory University. I joined the faculty at Harvard in January 2025, after more than 2 decades at Northwestern University, where I was John D. MacArthur Professor of Anthropology. I am an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.