Richard Wrangham

Richard Wrangham

Primatologist, Harvard

Richard Wrangham is a professor of biology and anthropology at Harvard University who studies chimpanzees, and their behavior, in Uganda. His main interest is in the question of human evolution from a behavioral perspective. He is the author, with Dale Peterson, of "Demonic Males: Apes, and the Origins Of Human Violence," and "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human."
7 min
There is evidence that humans are predisposed to behave violently in certain contexts. But the more we’re aware of it, the more we can do about it.