Durham International Junior Research Fellowships: Evolutionary Anthropology

Starting salary will be in the range £29,972-£33,734 p.a. For details on this scheme and how to apply visit the Junior Research Fellowship Scheme webpage. http://www.dur.ac.uk/ias/diferens/junior/ Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group (EARG) Durham University boasts one of the most energetic and wide-ranging programs of research into evolutionary anthropology in Europe, with strong international links and collaborations (e.g. Harvard University), and field sites for the study of primate and human behaviour in Southern and West Africa. Members of EARG carry out work on topics as diverse as primate behaviour and ecology, evolution of the brain and reproductive strategies, the origins and prehistoric dispersals of human species and populations; human behavioural ecology; bio-archaeology; cultural evolution, cognitive evolution, and social learning. A defining feature of the EARG’s identity is that we combine eclecticism with a strong collaborative ethos, encouraging members to share insights into theoretical and/or methodological problems that often turn out to have much more in common than they at first appear to. In this spirit, we are individually and jointly pursuing a number of projects that seek to answer several important, long-standing questions in evolutionary anthropology, as well opening new fields of inquiry into areas that overlap substantially with disciplines such as psychology, archaeology and conservation biology. The group contributes strongly to the University’s cross-disciplinary Centre for the Coevolution of Biology and Culture. If you wish to discuss your application, please contact a relevant member of EARG or the group’s Director, Rob Barton: Email: r.a.barton@durham.ac.uk Professor Robert Barton Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, Department of Anthropology Durham University Durham DH1 3LE. Academic staff/supervisors and research interests See web pages at: 

http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology/research/earg/earg_members/

Prof Robert A. Barton (brain evolution; comparative studies of brain, behaviour & reproduction; evolutionary psychology, primatology) Dr Jan De Ruiter (primatology, genetics) Dr Russell Hill (primate behavioural ecology, conservation & human-wildlife interaction) Dr Jeremy Kendal (cultural evolution & gene-culture co-evolution, social learning) Dr Rachel Kendal (née Day) (social learning in humans and non-human species) Dr Kris (Fire) Kovarovic (palaeoanthropology, palaeoecology) Dr Frank Marlowe (human behavioural ecology, hunter-gatherers, human mating systems and reproductive strategies) Dr Jo Setchell (primate behavour, ecology and reproductive strategies, sexual selection, conservation Dr Rebecca Sear (human evolutionary ecology and demography, parental and grandparental investment) Dr Malcolm T. Smith (human genetics, historical demography, migration) Dr Una Strand Viðarsdóttir (human evolution, craniofacial shape and growth) Dr Jamie Tehrani (cultural evolution, phylogenetic methods)