Kevin Lala
Kevin Laland | |
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Born | Kevin Neville Laland 5 October 1962 |
Nationality | England |
Education | University College London (Ph.D., 1990) |
Awards | Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Behavioral biology Evolutionary biology |
Institutions | University of St Andrews |
Thesis | Social transmission in Norway rats and its implications for evolutionary theory (1990) |
Kevin Neville Laland (born 5 October 1962)[1] is an English evolutionary biologist who is Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Educated at the University of Southampton and University College London,[2] he was a Human Frontier Science Program fellow at the University of California, Berkeley before joining the University of St Andrews in 2002. He is one of the co-founders of niche construction theory[3] and a prominent advocate of the extended evolutionary synthesis (EES).[4] He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Society of Biology. He has also received a European Research Council Advanced Grant,[5] a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award,[6] and a John Templeton Foundation grant.[7]
Bibliography
- Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind, Princeton University Press, 2017 ISBN 9780691151182
- Social Learning: An Introduction to Mechanisms, Methods, and Models, Princeton University Press, 2013, William Hoppitt and Kevin N. Laland ISBN 9780691150703
- Sense and nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour, Oxford University Press, 2011, Kevin N. Laland and Gillian R. Brown, 2nd edition ISBN 9780199586967
- Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution, Princeton University Press, 2003, John Odling-Smee, Kevin N. Laland, Marcus W. Feldman ISBN 9780691044378
- Sense and nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour, Oxford University Press, 2002, Kevin N. Laland and Gillian R. Brown, 1st edition ISBN 9780198508847
References
- ^ "Laland, Kevin N." Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ Odling-Smee, J.; Laland, K. N.; Feldman, M. W. (February 2000). "Niche construction, biological evolution, and cultural change". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 23 (1): 131–146, discussion 146–175. doi:10.1017/s0140525x00002417. ISSN 0140-525X. PMID 11303338.
- ^ Laland, K. N.; Odling-Smee, J.; Feldman, M. W. (2003). Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution. Princeton University Press. p. 488. ISBN 9780691044378.
- ^ Zimmer, Carl (2016-11-22). "Scientists Seek to Update Evolution". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ "ERC Funded Projects". European Research Council. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ "Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship". University of St. Andrews. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ "Putting the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis to the Test". John Templeton Foundation. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
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- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders
- European Research Council grantees
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- Extended evolutionary synthesis
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