Russell Gray
Russell David Gray is an evolutionary biologist and psychologist working on applying quantitative methods to the study of cultural evolution and human prehistory. He worked as a professor at the University of Auckland, located in New Zealand.[1] Although originally trained in biology and psychology, Gray has become well known for his studies on the evolution of the Austronesian language family using computational phylogenetic methods.
Russell Gray | |
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Born | Russell David Gray |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Occupation | Linguist |
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Academic work | |
Institutions | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History |
Main interests | Evolution, computational phylogenetics |
Gray also performs research on animal cognition. One of his main research-projects studies tool-use among New Caledonian crows.
In the summer of 2014, the Max Planck Society announced that the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena, Germany would receive a new and different mandate. Along with Johannes Krause, Gray was appointed director of a new Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, commencing February 1, 2014.[2]
References
- University of Auckland University of Auckland
- "Profile of Russell Gray". Max Planck Institute.