Jerome H. Barkow

Jerome H. Barkow (January 18, 1944 – April 30, 2024) was a Canadian anthropologist who was an early pioneer in the field of evolutionary psychology.^[1] He was most recently a professor emeritus at Dalhousie University.^[2]

Jerome H. Barkow
Born	(1944-01-18)January 18, 1944 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	April 30, 2024(2024-04-30) (aged 80) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Known for	Evolutionary psychology

Biography

Barkow received a BA in Psychology from Brooklyn College in 1964 and a PhD in Human Development from the University of Chicago in 1970. Formerly a professor of Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University, he retired as professor emeritus in 2008, and was an honorary professor at Queen's University Belfast (Northern Ireland) from 2010 to 2017.^[2]

Barkow published on topics ranging from sex workers in Nigeria to the kinds of sentients SETI might find. He is best known as the author of Darwin, Sex, and Status: Biological Approaches to Mind and Culture (1989).^[3] In 1992, together with Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, Barkow edited the influential book The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture.^[4] In 2006, he edited Missing the Revolution: Darwinism for Social Scientists.^[5]

Barkow died at the age of 80 on April 30, 2024 from esophageal cancer.^[6][7]

See also

• Human behavioral ecology