People

Terence D. Capellini

tcapellini@fas.harvard.edu

Chair, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology

Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology

My lab's research is on identifying the DNA changes underlying human and non-human primate biological adaptations. In the process of identifying these changes, we seek to reveal basic developmental and genetic mechanisms governing biological trait...

Bridget Alex

balex@fas.harvard.edu

Lecturer in Human Evolutionary Biology

I'm a paleoanthropologist, science writer, and educator. Over the years, I've taught undergraduate and graduate courses in human evolutionary biology, anthropology, archaeology, and science communication. My pop-science stories have appeared in outlets...

Cary Allen-Blevins

callenblevins@fas.harvard.edu

Lecturer

Rachel Carmody

carmody@fas.harvard.edu

Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology

I seek to understand how the human body acquires and utilizes energy, and how past changes in energy budget have shaped human evolution. Within the past decade, it has become clear that energy metabolism depends on complex interactions between diet...

Joanne (Jo) Clark-Matott

jclarkmatott@g.harvard.edu

Preceptor

Peter T. Ellison

pellison@fas.harvard.edu

Professor Emeritus

My research interests include reproductive ecology, endrocrinology, and human evolutionary biology.

Daniel Green

drgreen@fas.harvard.edu

Field Program Director

Daniel studies the role of climate change in shaping evolutionary processes, with a particular emphasis on Africa and human origins. His research includes work on dental anatomy, stable isotope geochemistry, and proteomics. Daniel collaborates with the...

Erin Hecht

erin_hecht@fas.harvard.edu

Associate Professor

My lab’s research asks how brains change in response to selection pressure on behavior, and how brains acquire heritable adaptations for complex, learned behaviors. Comparisons between modern humans and our living primate relatives provide a way to...

Joseph Henrich

henrich@fas.harvard.edu

Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology

Co-Director of Graduate Studies

Joseph Henrich's research focuses on evolutionary approaches to psychology, decision-making and culture, and includes topics related to cultural learning, cultural evolution, culture-gene coevolution, human sociality, prestige, leadership, large-scale...

Christopher Kuzawa

ckuzawa@fas.harvard.edu

Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology

Co-Director of Graduate Studies

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...

Daniel E Lieberman

danlieb@fas.harvard.edu

Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences

Professor, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology

Director of Undergraduate Studies 

Affiliate, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

The basic question I study and teach —why does the human body look and function the way it does— requires an evolutionary perspective because nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. An evolutionary approach to human anatomy and...

B. Natterson-Horowitz

natterson-horowitz@fas.harvard.edu

Lecturer

Lecturer, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Lecturer, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UCLA School of Medicine

Dr. B. Natterson-Horowitz is a cardiologist and evolutionary biologist who researches adaptations across the animal kingdom to find solutions to human health challenges. A faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Harvard's Department of Human...