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Laura Betzig

Born

Ann Arbor MI, The United States

Website

http://laurabetzig.org/

Genre

Science, History

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Laura Betzig studies despotism and democracy in history. She's looked at the comparative record; done fieldwork in the Western Pacific; and read ancient, medieval and modern history. She's published roughly 100 articles--on subjects ranging from sex in the Old Testament, to the Oedipus Complex of British kings--and she's finished 3 books: Despotism and Differential Reproduction, a Darwinian View of History; Human Reproductive Behavior, a Darwinian Perspective; and Human Nature, a Critical Reader. She's spent the last couple of decades working on a history of the West.

Betzig got a PhD in anthropology as a student of Napoleon Chagnon at Northwestern, and has taught at the University of California and the University of Michigan. She's done TV ...more

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Average rating: 3.59 · 37 ratings · 5 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Evolution's Empress: Darwinian Perspectives on the Nature of Women by Maryanne L. Fisher (Editor), Justin R. Garcia (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rosemarie Sokol Chang (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Despotism and Differential Reproduction: A Darwinian View of History 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Nature: A Critical Reader 2.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Reproductive Behaviour: A Darwinian Perspective by Laura Betzig (Editor), Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (Editor), Paul Turke (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Despotism and Differential Reproduction 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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