People

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...

Barbara 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

Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., Ph.D., is a cardiologist and evolutionary biologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, and UCLA School of Medicine. She serves as chair of the National...

David R. Pilbeam

pilbeam@fas.harvard.edu

Henry Ford II Professor of Human Evolution Emeritus

I am interested in the contributions of biotic and abiotic factors in the evolution of Neogene mammals, including hominins

David Reich

reich@genetics.med.harvard.edu

Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology

The Reich Lab focuses on the following key topics: Building an Ancient DNA Atlas of Humanity: Ancient DNA allows us to go beyond the two-dimensional understanding of human genetic variation based on the coordinates of latitude and longitude, and to...

Maryellen Ruvolo

ruvolo@fas.harvard.edu

Research Professor

My research interests include human evolutionary genetics with a current focus on genetic and environmental factors underlying neurodevelopmental disorders.

Janet Song

janetsong@fas.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor

There are millions of sequence variants between humans and other species. The Song lab aims to identify and characterize the variants that contributed to human-specific traits, with a particular focus on the evolution of the human brain. We are also...

Martin Surbeck

msurbeck@fas.harvard.edu

Associate Professor

My research focusses mainly on questions related to aspects of competition and cooperation within and between groups. I make use of our closest living relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees as referential models, to infer about potential selective pressures...

Noreen Tuross

tuross@fas.harvard.edu

Landon T. Clay Research Professor

Of late I have focused on the information in hydrogen and oxygen isotopes of animal and microbial systems. In addition, examination of the dietary impacts at the compound specific level is a ongoing interest.

Kevin Uno

kevinuno@fas.harvard.edu

Associate Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology and Earth and Planetary Sciences

I am a terrestrial paleoecologist who explores the role of climate and environmental change on mammalian and human evolution. I do this using organic and stable isotope geochemistry on fossil teeth and ancient sediments on land and from the deep sea.

Christina Warinner

warinner@g.harvard.edu

Professor of Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology

Christina Warinner is Professor of Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. She specializes in the analysis of ancient DNA and proteins, and her research focuses on the study of ancient biomolecules to better understand past...

Richard W. Wrangham

wrangham@fas.harvard.edu

Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, Emeritus

I am interested in animal behavioral ecology and how it can help us understand the evolution of human social and political behavior. Since 1987 I have studied chimpanzee behavior in Kibale National Park, Uganda (Kibale Chimpanzee Project, https:/...