Mark Pagel | |
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Born | Mark David Pagel 5 June 1954[1] |
Alma mater | University of Washington |
Known for | Co-developer of the Comparative Method in Anthropology |
Spouse | Ruth Mace |
Children | 2 |
Awards | FRS (2011) |
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Thesis | Determinants of the Success and Failure of Ridge Regression (1980) |
Website | evolution |
Mark David Pagel FRS (born 5 June 1954 in Seattle, Washington)[1] is an evolutionary biologist and professor. He heads the Evolutionary Biology Group at the University of Reading.[1][2][3][4] He is known for comparative studies in evolutionary biology. In 1994, with his spouse, anthropologist Ruth Mace, Pagel pioneered the Comparative Method in Anthropology.