culture evolves!

Fiona Jordan
Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
PB310, 6500AH Nijmegen
The Netherlands

phone: +31 (0)24 3521 186
email: fiona.jordan@mpi.nl

This brain belongs to Fiona Jordan. 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].

If I had more spare time I would go rock-climbing, learn to play the oboe, and file things properly. This is a newish picture, complete with newish wrinkles. 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 2006-2009.