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Craig Stanford | |
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| Born | 1956 New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary Biology, Biological Anthropology, Primatology, Herpetology |
Craig Stanford is an American anthropologist and evolutionary theorist, Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology at the University of Southern California. He is also a Research Associate in Herpetology at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. He is known for his field studies of the behavior, ecology and conservation biology of chimpanzees, mountain gorillas and other tropical animals, and has published more than 160 scientific papers and 19 books on animal behavior, human evolution and wildlife conservation. He is best known for his field study of the predator–prey ecology of chimpanzees and the animals they hunt in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, and for his long-term study of the behavior and ecology of chimpanzees and mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
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As a herpetologist he is involved in research and conservation of tortoises and turtles. He is Chair of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, and is on the board of the Turtle Conservancy.
