Bret Beheim

Bret Beheim is Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture. His research investigates cultural evolution using behavioral ecology frameworks, mathematical modeling, and fieldwork with indigenous populations.

Education includes:

• Ph.D. in Ecology, University of California, Davis (2012)
• M.A. in Social Sciences, University of Chicago (2006)
• B.A. in History/Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara (2004)

Research integrates demographic analysis, experimental economics, and evolutionary theory to study fertility transitions, cooperation, and cultural transmission. Fieldwork focuses on Tsimane forager-horticulturalists (Bolivia) and Mosuo communities (China).

Awards include Phi Beta Kappa and multiple NSF/NIH grants for projects on demographic transitions and social networks.