Marina Lvovna Butovskaya is a Russian anthropologist, doctor of historical sciences, professor.
In 1982 she graduated from the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University. In 1985 she defended her Ph.D. thesis on the topic «Ethological mechanisms of some forms of group behavior in primates as a prerequisite for anthroposociogenesis.» In 1994 she defended her doctoral thesis on the topic «Universal principles of organization of social systems in primates, including humans.»
From 1995 to 2002 — Leading Researcher at IEA RAS, since 2002 — Head of the Center for Evolutionary Anthropology at IEA RAS. Professor of the Educational and Scientific Center for Social Anthropology of the Russian State Humanitarian University, where since 1997 she has been giving author’s courses of lectures (in 1998-2000 she was the deputy director of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology [InCA] of the Russian State Humanitarian University until the liquidation of this institute). Author of over 240 scientific articles and several monographs. Member of the editorial board of the journals «Ethnographic Review», «Anthropologie» and «Social Evolution and History».
Member of the Russian Association of Ethnographers and Anthropologists, European Anthropological Association, European Primatological Society, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Society for the Study of Human Behavior and Evolution (English Human Behavior and Evolution Society), International Society for the Study of Aggression (English International Society for Research on Aggression), International Society for Human Ethology (English International Society for Human Ethology) and the International Primatological Society.
Research interests: primatology, ethology of humans and primates, evolutionary anthropology (including the evolutionary prerequisites for homosexuality), gender anthropology, conflictology, cultural studies, cross-cultural communication, hunter-gatherers of East Africa. Conducted several seasons of field research among Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania.
references
- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
- Site Ethology.ru