Agustin Fuentes

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Agustin Fuentes

Professor of Anthropology

Office: 648 Flanner Hall
Phone: 574-631-5421
Email: afuentes@nd.edu

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Areas of Expertise

Biological anthropology, primatology and evolution of social organization and behavior, human evolution

Fuentes examines human evolution from several perspectives, and his research sheds light on some of the most common misconceptions about human nature, specifically in the areas of race, sex and aggression. He is the author of “Evolution of Human Behavior,” which examines how and why humans evolved behaviorally, and “Health, Risk and Adversity,” which provides a comparative approach to the analysis of health disparities and human adaptability and focuses on the pathways that lead to unequal health outcomes. Fuentes also serves as director of Notre Dame’s Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts.

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Continuing brain evolution tied to cultural behaviors

ND NEWSWIRE ARTICLES

Anthropologist researches evolution of Darwin’s theory

Spotlight: Myth-busting in human nature

Anthropologist publishes new book on human behavior

Early humans on the menu

Zoo provides prime habitats for service learning projects