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John Tooby is an American anthropologist, who, together with psycholgist wife Leda Cosmides , helped to pioneer the field of Evolutionary Psychology .

Tooby received his Ph.D from Harvard University and is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University Of California, Santa Barbara .

In 1992, together with Leda Cosmides and .

Tooby is currently working on a book on the evolution of sexual reproduction and genetic systems.


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Books

Barkow, J., Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J., (eds) (1992) ''The adapted mind: Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture'' (New York: Oxford University Press)

Tooby, J. & Cosmides, L. (2000) ''Evolutionary psychology: Foundational papers'' (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press)

Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. (in press) ''Universal Minds: Explaining the new science of evolutionary psychology'' (Darwinism Today Series) (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson)


Papers

Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. (1987) "From evolution to behavior: Evolutionary psychology as the missing link" in J. Dupre (Ed.), ''The latest on the best: Essays on evolution and optimality''. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Tooby, J. & Cosmides, L. (1990) "The past explains the present: Emotional adaptations and the structure of ancestral environments," ''Ethology and Sociobiology'', 11, 375-424.

Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. (1992) "Cognitive adaptations for social exchange," in J. Barkow, L. Cosmides, & J. Tooby (eds.), ''The adapted mind: Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture'' (New York: Oxford University Press)

Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. (2003) "Evolutionary psychology: Theoretical Foundations," in ''Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science'' (London: Macmillan)

Tooby, J. & Cosmides, L. (2005) "Evolutionary psychology: Conceptual foundations," in D. M. Buss (ed.), ''Evolutionary Psychology Handbook'' (New York: Wiley)


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