# Biological Anthropology

**Source**: https://anthro.ucla.edu/subfields/biological-anthropology/
**Parent**: https://anthro.ucla.edu/

[## [H. Clark Barrett](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/h-clark-barrett/)

Professor](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/h-clark-barrett/)

**Research Interests:**

Evolutionary psychology, biological anthropology, cognitive development, hunter-gatherer ecology; South America

**Subfield:**

Biological Anthropology

#### Contact Information

**Email:** [barrett@anthro.ucla.edu](mailto:barrett@anthro.ucla.edu "barrett@anthro.ucla.edu")
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**Office:** 376 Haines Hall
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[## [Abigail Bigham](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/abigail-bigham/)

Associate Professor & Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/abigail-bigham/)

**Research Interests:**

Human population genetics; molecular evolution; evidence of natural selection in the human genome; HIV, genotype-phenotype associations; convergent evolution; high altitude adaptation

**Subfield:**

Biological Anthropology

#### Contact Information

**Email:** [awbigham@ucla.edu](mailto:awbigham@ucla.edu "awbigham@ucla.edu")
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**Office:** 391 Haines Hall
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[## [Daniel M.T. Fessler](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/daniel-m-t-fessler/)

Professor](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/daniel-m-t-fessler/)

**Research Interests:**

Evolutionary psychology, biological anthropology; emotions, cooperation, aggression, social control, risk taking, ingestive and reproductive behaviors, morality, cultural evolution; Indonesia

**Subfield:**

Biological Anthropology

#### Contact Information

**Email:** [dfessler@anthro.ucla.edu](mailto:dfessler@anthro.ucla.edu "dfessler@anthro.ucla.edu")
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**Office:** 390 Haines Hall
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[## [Molly Fox](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/molly-fox/)

Associate Professor](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/molly-fox/)

**Research Interests:**

Biological anthropology; female reproductive life-history; evolutionary medicine; depression; dementia; longevity; endocrinology; fetal programming; metabolism; acculturation; Hispanic Americans; minority health disparities

**Subfield:**

Biological Anthropology

#### Contact Information

**Email:** [mollyfox@anthro.ucla.edu](mailto:mollyfox@anthro.ucla.edu "mollyfox@anthro.ucla.edu")
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**Office:** 381 Haines Hall
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**Phone:** 310-206-4589

[## [Jessica Lynch](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/jessica-lynch-alfaro/)

Professor](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/jessica-lynch-alfaro/)

**Research Interests:**

Evolution of diversity in socially learned behaviors, mating strategies and social structuring in Neotropical primates; capuchin monkeys

**Subfield:**

Biological Anthropology

#### Contact Information

**Email:** [jwlynx@g.ucla.edu](mailto:jwlynx@g.ucla.edu "jwlynx@g.ucla.edu")
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**Office:** 1323 Rolfe Hall
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[## [Susan Perry](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/susan-perry/)

Professor](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/susan-perry/)

**Research Interests:**

Primate social relationships, primate social cognition, communication; capuchins, macaques

**Subfield:**

Biological Anthropology

#### Contact Information

**Email:** [sperry@anthro.ucla.edu](mailto:sperry@anthro.ucla.edu "sperry@anthro.ucla.edu")
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**Office:** 330B Haines Hall
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[## [Sean Prall](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/sean-prall/)

Assistant Professor](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/sean-prall/)

**Research Interests:**

Reproductive decision-making, healthcare decision-making, vaccination, health disparities, human behavioral ecology, endocrinology, pastoralism

**Subfield:**

Biological Anthropology

#### Contact Information

**Email:** [sprall@ucla.edu](mailto:sprall@ucla.edu "sprall@ucla.edu")
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**Office:** 311 Haines Hall
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[## [Brooke Scelza](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/brooke-scelza/)

Professor & Vice Chair of Graduate Studies](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/brooke-scelza/)

**Research Interests:**

Human behavioral ecology, life history theory, reproductive ecology, maternal and child health

**Subfield:**

Biological Anthropology

#### Contact Information

**Email:** [bscelza@anthro.ucla.edu](mailto:bscelza@anthro.ucla.edu "bscelza@anthro.ucla.edu")
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**Office:** 396 Haines Hall
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[## [Brian Wood](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/brian-wood/)

Associate Professor](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/brian-wood/)

**Research Interests:**

Hunter-gatherers; human behavioral ecology; evolutionary demography; foraging theory; movement ecology; social organization

**Subfield:**

Biological Anthropology

#### Contact Information

**Email:** [brianwood@anthro.ucla.edu](mailto:brianwood@anthro.ucla.edu "brianwood@anthro.ucla.edu")
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**Office:** 384 Haines Hall
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