Robin Dunbar
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Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar FBA FRAI (born 28 June 1947)[9][10] is a British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist and a specialist in primate behaviour.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] He is currently head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. He is best known for formulating Dunbar's number,[4] a measurement of the "cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships".[20][21]
British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist
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| Born | Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar (1947-06-28) 28 June 1947 (age 75)[1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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| Known for | Dunbar's number[2][3][4] Baboon research[5][6][7] |
| Spouse |
Eva Patricia Melvin (m. 1971) |
| Awards | Huxley Memorial Medal (2015) |
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| Fields | Anthropology Evolutionary Psychology[8] |
| Institutions | University of Bristol Stockholm University University of Cambridge University of Oxford University College London University of Liverpool |
| Thesis | The social organisation of the gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) (1974) |
| Influences | Nikolaas Tinbergen |
| Influenced | Anna Machin |
| Website | www |