The following is a list of evolutionary psychologists or prominent contributors to the field of evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary psychology (abbreviated ev-psych or EP) is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain certain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as evolved adaptations, i. ... Evolutionary psychology (abbreviated ev-psych or EP) is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain certain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as evolved adaptations, i. ...

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• John Archer

John Richard Archer (8 June 1863—July, 1932) was a British race and political activist. ...

B

• Jerome Barkow
• David F. Bjorklund [1]
• Howard Bloom
• David Buss

Jerome H. Barkow is a Canadian anthropologist at Dalhousie University who has made important contributions to the field of evolutionary psychology. ... Howard Bloom (born 1943) is the author of three books, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History; Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century; and How I Accidentally Started the Sixties. ... David Buss is a professor of psychology at University of Texas, Austin. ...

C

• Leda Cosmides
• Stephen Colarelli

Leda Cosmides Leda Cosmides, (born May 7, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American psychologist, who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, helped pioneer the field of evolutionary psychology. ...

D

• Martin Daly
• Richard Dawkins
• Lisa DeBruine [2]
• Robin Dunbar

Martin Daly is a Professor of Psychology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and author of several papers on evolutionary psychology. ... Clinton Richard Dawkins (born March 26, 1941) is an eminent British ethologist, evolutionary theorist, and popular science writer who holds the Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. ... Lisa DeBruine Lisa DeBruine is a psychologist who studies facial resemblance, kin recognition and face perception. ... Robin Dunbar is an evolutionary biologist, specialising in primate behaviour. ...

E

• Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
• Bruce J. Ellis [3]

Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeld (born June 15, 1928 in Vienna, Austria) is an ethologist. ...

F

• David R. Feinberg

David Feinberg is a psychologist who researches voices. ...

G

• Steven W. Gangestad [4]
• Steven Gaulin [5]
• David C. Geary

David C. Geary received his Ph. ...

H

• William D. Hamilton
• Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

This article is about the British biologist Bill Hamilton. ... Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (note: Hrdy is Czech for proud) (born July 11, 1946) is a U.S. anthropologist who has made several major contributions to evolutionary psychology and sociobiology. ...

J

• Benedict Jones
• Victor Johnston

Benedict Jones is a research psychologist and lecturer at the University of Aberdeen who studies the biological and social factors underlying face perception and preferences. ...

K

• Dennis Krebs
• Robert Kurzban [6]

L

• Debra Lieberman [7]
• Anthony Little

Anthony Little is an evolutionary psychologist and lecturer in the School of Biological Science at Liverpool University. ...

M

• Kevin B. MacDonald
• Geoffrey Miller

Kevin B. MacDonald Kevin B. MacDonald, (born January 24, 1944) is a professor of psychology at California State University, Long Beach, best known for claiming to use evolutionary psychology to inform his study of Judaism. ... Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is a widely recognised evolutionary psychologist, whose work is in the tradition of scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Steven Pinker. ...

N

• Randy Nesse [8]

P

• John Q. Patton
• Ian Penton-Voak [9]
• David Perrett
• Steven Pinker
• Steven Platek [10]

Professor David Perrett studies face preferences and perception at the University of St Andrews. ... Steven Pinker Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954, in Montreal, Canada) is a prominent American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and popular science writer known for his spirited and wide-ranging defence of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. ...

R

• Matt Ridley
• Ian Reed

Matthew (Matt) Ridley (born February 7, 1958 at Newcastle upon Tyne) (not to be confused with Mark Ridley) is an English science writer. ...

S

• David P. Schmitt
• Nancy Segal [11]
• Antoine Spiteri
• Donald Symons

David P. Schmitt is a personality psychologist who founded the International Sexuality Description Project (ISDP). ... Donald Symons is an American anthropologist who is best known for pioneering the analysis of the evolutionary psychology of human sexuality. ...

T

• Randy Thornhill [12]
• John Tooby
• Robert Trivers

Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Robert L. Trivers, (born 19 February 1943) is an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist, most noted for proposing the theories of reciprocal altruism (1971), parental investment (1972), and parent-offspring conflict (1974). ...

W

• X.T. Wang [13]
• Andrew Whiten [14]
• Margo Wilson
• Robert Wright
• Glenn Weisfeld