Judith Hand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Judith Hand

American writer

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1940

Place of Birth: Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States

Profession: novelist, peace activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Judith L.
Hand is an American evolutionary biologist, animal behaviorist (ethologist) and a novelist.
She writes on a variety of topics related to the science of animal and human behavior, including the biological and evolutionary roots of war, gender differences in conflict resolution, the empowerment of women, and the steps for ending war. Her book, Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace is an in-depth exploration of human gender differences with regard to aggression.
Her book, Shift:The Beginning of War, The Ending of War is an in-depth exploration of the origins of war, causes of war, human gender differences with regard to war, and possible means to end war.
Her website, A Future Without War, a book by the same name, and a paper, To Abolish War.
are devoted to the concept of and requirements for abolishing war. Hand has been a member of the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE), since its inception in 1972.
ISHE is a professional organization whose members study human behavior and come from such diverse disciplines as biology, anthropology and psychology.
The term "peace ethology" was coined by ethologist, Peter Verbeek, as a subdiscipline of human ethology, one that is concerned with issues of human conflict, conflict resolution, reconciliation, war, peacemaking, and peacekeeping behavior.