Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Sarah Hrdy
Born
Sarah Blaffer

(1946-07-11) July 11, 1946 (age 78)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRadcliffe College (BA)
Harvard University (PhD)
AwardsLifetime Career Award, Human Behavior and Evolution Society
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology and primatology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Davis
Doctoral advisorIrven DeVore[1]

Sarah Hrdy (née Blaffer; born July 11, 1946) is an American anthropologist and primatologist who has made major contributions to evolutionary psychology and sociobiology. She is considered "a highly recognized pioneer in modernizing our understanding of the evolutionary basis of female behavior in both nonhuman and human primates".[2] In 2013, Hrdy received a Lifetime Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution from the Human Behavior and Evolution Society.[3]

Hrdy is a Professor Emerita of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis.[4] She has also been an Associate at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.[5] She has been selected as one of the 21 Leaders in Animal Behavior (2009).[6] In acknowledgment of her achievements, Discover magazine recognized her in 2002 as one of the 50 most important women in science.[7]

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  2. ^ Isbell, Lynne A. (2017). "Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer" (PDF). In Fuentes, Agustín (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Vol. 1. UK: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 599–600. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
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  4. ^ "Sarah B. Hrdy". University of California, Davis. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
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  6. ^ Drickamer, Lee; Dewsbury, Donald (December 21, 2009). Leaders in animal behavior : the second generation. Cambridge University Press. pp. 343–374. ISBN 9780521741293.
  7. ^ Svitil, Kathy (November 13, 2002). "The 50 Most Important Women in Science". Discover. Retrieved December 21, 2014.