Peter Richerson

Peter J. Richerson ( born October 11, 1943) is an American biologist. He is a professor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis.

Life

Richerson studied entomology at UC Davis (BS, 1965). 1969 he received his Ph.D. in zoology. After postdoctoral and junior professorship 1977-2006 he was professor of environmental science at Davis. As a visiting professor he was at UC Berkeley (1977 /78), Duke University (1984 ) and the University of Exeter ( 2004). In 1991 he was a visiting scientist at the University of Bielefeld.

Work

Richersons research interests include socio-cultural evolution, human ecology and applied and tropical limnology.

Books (selection)

• Robert Boyd & Peter J. Richerson: Culture and the Evolutionary Process. University Of Chicago Press, 1985. ISBN 0226069338th
• Peter J. Richerson & Robert Boyd: Not by Genes Alone: How culture Transformed human evolution. University of Chicago Press, 2004. ISBN 0226712125th
• Robert Boyd & Peter J. Richerson: The Origin and Evolution of Cultures. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 019518145X.