John Tooby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Tooby

American anthropologist

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1952

Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Profession: psychologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

John Tooby is an American anthropologist, who, together with psychologist wife Leda Cosmides, helped pioneer the field of evolutionary psychology.
Tooby received his PhD in Biological Anthropology from Harvard University in 1989 and is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1992, together with Cosmides and Jerome Barkow, Tooby edited The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture.
Tooby and Cosmides also co-founded and co-direct the UCSB Center for Evolutionary Psychology.