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Glenn King
Primate behavior and evolutionary influences on human behavior are my main professional interests. My own research has included captive chimpanzees in the US and free-ranging baboons in Africa, but I try to maintain a broad comparative grasp of the primate literature. To understand the data I try to combine anthropology, ethology, comparative psychology, and other pertinent perspectives, drawing on both field and captive studies.
Subjects: Anthropology - Soc Sci, Psychological Science
Biography
Glenn E. King is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University, USA. He studied cultural and physical anthropology at Cornell, UCLA, and Berkeley. His doctoral advisors at Berkeley were Sherwood Washburn and Phyllis Dolhinow. King observed a group of captive chimpanzees at Holloman AFB in New Mexico; one-male units of hamadryas baboons, geladas, and mandrills at the Los Angeles Zoo; and free-ranging common baboons in Tanzania and South Africa. He is married to Barbara Barrett and lives in Maryland.Education
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Ph.D. in Anthropology University of California Berkeley 1972
M.A. in Anthropology UCLA 1966
B.A. in Anthropology Cornell University 1964
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Primate behavior, evolution of human behavior, reconstruction of early hominin behavior.
Personal Interests
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Reading: science fiction, detective novels, history. Music: rock, folk, classical. Ranting on Facebook.
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