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Greg Laden
Birth Name:Gregory Thomas Laden
Fields:Biological anthropology
Workplaces:University of Minnesota
Education:University of the State of New York Regents College, Harvard University
Thesis Title:Ethnoarchaeology and land use ecology of the Efe (Pygmies) of the Ituri Rain Forest, Zaire: a behavioral ecological study of land use patterns and foraging behavior
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Thesis Year:1992
Doctoral Advisor:Irven DeVore
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Children:2 (one son, one daughter)[1]

Gregory Thomas Laden is an American biological anthropologist and science blogger.

Education

Born in 1958, Laden received his B.A. from the University of the State of New York's Regents College program in 1984, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1987 and 1992, respectively, where he was advised by Irven DeVore.[2] [3]

Career

Laden has taught at multiple institutions, including, but not limited to, Harvard, the University of Minnesota, and Century College.[4] In 1999, when he was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota, he co-authored a study in Current Anthropology that found that the practice of humans cooking food evolved because it allowed them to cook vegetables.[2] [5] He published a blog, "Greg Laden's Blog", on ScienceBlogs,[1] where he focused on public controversies regarding multiple scientific topics, including global warming[6] and evolution.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greg Laden . ScienceBlogs . 10 April 2016.
  2. Wrangham . Richard . Jones . James . Laden . Greg . Pilbeam . David . Conklin-Brittain . NancyLou. December 1999 . The Raw and the Stolen. Cooking and the Ecology of Human Origins . Current Anthropology . 40 . 5 . 567–594 . 0011-3204 . 10539941 . 10.1086/300083. 82271116 .
  3. Web site: Pioneering Anthropologist, Prolific Teacher, Dies . The Harvard Crimson . 29 September 2014 . 10 April 2016 . Zhang, Zara.
  4. Web site: Greg Laden . Slate . 10 April 2016.
  5. Web site: Better health in early man linked to fire and veggies . Deseret News . 12 August 1999 . 10 April 2016 . Reuters.
  6. Web site: Wrong, wrong, wrong: The anti-science bullsh*t which explains why the right gets away with lies — and why the mainstream media lets them . Salon . 13 October 2015 . 10 April 2016 . Rosenberg, Paul.
  7. Web site: Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham: Should scientists bother debating creationists? . Christian Science Monitor . 3 February 2014 . 10 April 2016 . Chowdhury, Sudesnha.