- Lionel Tiger
Lionel Tiger (born 1937) is an
anthropologist . He is the Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology atRutgers University and co-Research Director of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. He is a graduate ofMcGill University , and theLondon School of Economics at theUniversity of London , England. He is also a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense on the future ofbiotechnology . Some of his works have included controversial concepts, including the biological origins of social interactions. He has predicted the higher status of women within society, in books such as "The Decline of Males" and "Men in Groups". He has also written books such as "The Pursuit of Pleasure", which discussed the concept thatevolution has established the biological mechanisms of pleasure and that they have survival origins.Lionel Tiger lives in
New York City , and regularly contributes to mainstream media such asPsychology Today andThe New York Times .External links
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/465/000117114/ NNDB entry]
* [http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~ltiger/ Rutgers biography]
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