Martin Daly (professor)
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Martin Daly | |
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| Born | James Martin Daly November 15, 1944 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | McGill University, University of Toronto |
| Spouse(s) | 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 |
Martin Daly is a 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 the former editors-in-chief of the journal Evolution and Human Behavior and former presidents of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society.
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, and has been interviewed in the press about it.[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)
References[]
- ^ Martin Daly Archived 2014-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mindelle Jacobs (July 4, 2010) The Cinderella effect is not just a fairy tale, Edmonton Sun
- ^ Belluz, Julia (16 October 2009). "Researcher shed light on evolutionary roots of homicide, jealousy and domestic violence". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
External links[]
- Evolution & Human Behavior
- Martin Daly's CV
- Martin Daly publications indexed by Google Scholar
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