Martin Daly (professor)

Martin Daly (born November 15, 1944) is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and author of many influential papers on evolutionary psychology. His current research topics include an evolutionary perspective on risk-taking and interpersonal violence, especially male-male conflict and family violence. He and his wife, the late Margo Wilson, were formerly editors-in-chief of the journal Evolution and Human Behavior and presidents of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society.

Martin Daly
Born	James Martin Daly (1944-11-15) November 15, 1944 (age 80) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	McGill University, University of Toronto
Spouse	Margo Wilson (deceased)
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, lifetime achievement award from the Human Behavior and Evolution Society
Scientific career
Fields	Evolutionary psychology
Institutions	McMaster University
Thesis	Behavioural development, early experiences, and maternal behaviour in golden hamsters (mesocricetus auratus) (1971)
Doctoral advisor	Jerry A. Hogan

He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998.^[1]

Daly is one of the main researchers of the Cinderella effect.^[2][3]

Books

(All books except Killing the Competition co-authored with Margo Wilson)

• Sex, Evolution, and Behaviour (1978)
• Homicide (1988)
• The truth about Cinderella: A Darwinian view of parental love. (1998)
• Killing the Competition: Economic Inequality and Homicide (2016)