Robin I.M. Dunbar

Born in 1947
  • Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar is a renowned British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist specializing in primate behavior.

  • He has held prestigious academic positions at the University of Bristol, Cambridge, University College London, and Liverpool.

  • Currently, he serves as the Director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford.

  • Dunbar is best known for his research on the relationship between brain size and social group size in primates, which led to the concept of "Dunbar's number" - the cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom one can maintain stable social relationships.

  • His work has significantly contributed to our understanding of human social evolution and behavior.

Books by Robin I.M. Dunbar