culture evolves!

Fiona Jordan
AHRC Research Fellow
Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity
Department of Anthropology
University College London
14 Taviton St
London WC1H 0BW
United Kingdom

phone: +44 207 679 8781
fax: +44 207 679 7728
email: f.jordan@ucl.ac.uk

This brain belongs to Fiona Jordan. I am a postdoctoral research fellow in Anthropology at University College London and I’m a member of the AHRC-funded Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity and the Human Evolutionary Ecology Group. I am an evolutionary anthropologist primarily interested in the application of phylogenetic methods to cultural evolutionary questions. Here is the obligatory bullet-point list of my current research interests:

• Evolutionary approaches to human behaviour
• Patterns and processes of cultural evolution, cultural transmission, and diversity
• The application of comparative phylogenetic methods to questions of human adaptation
• Frameworks that facilitate the integration of cultural, linguistic, biological and environmental data
• Regional focus: Southeast Asia and the Pacific, especially Oceania and Austronesian-speaking cultures

But, you may ask yourself, Does Culture Evolve? See here for graphic details [pdf].

I am a New Zealander and I live in London, which is pretty fantastic. If I had more spare time I would go rock-climbing, learn to play the oboe, and read more comics. I like this picture because I look like Barbara Gordon. However, due to my experimental philosophy concerning hair colour, the anthropologist you receive may not look exactly like the one featured in the picture.

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Copyright: © Fiona Jordan 2006-2007.