Ruth Mace
Ruth Mace | |
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| Born | 9 October 1961 London, England |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Title | Professor of evolutionary anthropology |
| Spouse | Mark Pagel |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | South Hampstead High School Westminster School |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Thesis | The dawn chorus: Behavioural organisation in the great tit (Parus major) (1987) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropology |
| Sub-discipline | Evolutionary anthropology Phylogenetic approaches |
| Institutions | Imperial College London University of East Anglia University College London |
Ruth Mace
Early life and education
Mace was born on 9 October 1961 in London, England to David Mace and Angela Mace. She was educated at
Academic career
Having completed her doctorate, Mace began her academic career as a
In 1991, Mace moved to the Department of Anthropology of University College London: she was a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Lecturer from 1991 to 1999, and Reader in Human Evolutionary Ecology from 1999 to 2004.[4] In 1994, having met Mark Pagel at University College, the two co-authored "The Comparative Method in Anthropology", that used phylogenetic methods to analyse human cultures, pioneering a new field of science — using evolutionary trees, or phylogenies, in anthropology, to explain human behaviour.[5]
In 2004, she was appointed
Personal life
Mace's
Honours
In 2003, Mace gave the Curl Lecture, a prize lectureship of the
Selected works
- Milner-Gulland, E. J.; Mace, Ruth (1998). Conservation of Biological Resources: with case studies contributed by other authors. Oxford: Blackwell Science. ISBN 978-0865427389.
- Mace, Ruth; Holden, Clare J.; Shennan, Stephen, eds. (2005). The Evolution of Cultural Diversity: A Phylogenetic Approach. London: UCL Press. ISBN 978-1844720996.
- Gillian, Bentley; Mace, Ruth, eds. (2009). Substitute Parents: Biological and Social Perspectives on Alloparenting in Human Societies. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1845451066.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "MACE, Prof. Ruth". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Prof Ruth Mace". AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity. University College London. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ Mace, R. H. (1987). The dawn chorus: Behavioural organisation in the great tit (Parus major). E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library Board. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Prof. Ruth Helen Mace". AcademiaNet. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- PMID 24965634.
- ^ "Evolutionary Human Sciences". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Curl Lectureship Prior Recipients". Royal Anthropological Institute. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Professor Ruth Mace". britac.ac.uk. The British Academy. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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