Christopher H. Boehm

  • Director, USC Jane Goodall Research Center
  • Professor of anthropology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Office: (213) 740-0524

Expertise Summary

Human evolution expert focusing on primatology, the evolution of morality and social organizations and values

Expertise

  • human evolution
  • human conflict resolution
  • chimpanzee conflict intervention
  • chimpanzee vocal communication
  • human language origins and evolution
  • evolution of morality
  • egalitarianism
  • theory of values
  • social organization and values
  • blood feuds in Yugoslavia
  • legal anthropology
  • biological anthropology
  • primate societies and behavior
  • primatology

Additional Information

  • Author of Hierarchy in the Fores (1999), Blood Revenge: The Enactment and Management of Conflict in Montenegro and Other Tribal Societies (1986) and Montenegrin Social Organization and Values (1983)