#  Joseph Henrich 

Professor and Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology

 

 

 



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 laptop\_windows [Personal website](https://henrich.fas.harvard.edu/) 

 laptop\_windows [Lab website](https://coevolution.fas.harvard.edu/) 

 

 



 

Joseph Henrich's research focuses on evolutionary approaches to psychology, decision-making and culture, and includes topics related to cultural learning, cultural evolution, culture-gene coevolution, human sociality, prestige, leadership, large-scale cooperation, religion and the emergence of complex human institutions. Methodologically, he integrates ethnographic tools from anthropology with experimental techniques drawn from psychology and economics. His area interests include Amazonia, Chile and Fiji.

 

 

 





 

 

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