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Brian Wood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University (2010), an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (2004), and a B.A. in Anthropology from UC Davis (1999). His research focuses on hunter-gatherer behavioral ecology, evolutionary demography, and human-chimpanzee comparisons. He leads the Hadza Hunter-Gatherer Research project in Tanzania and collaborates with the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project in Uganda.
- Director of The Hadza Fund, a nonprofit providing healthcare and emergency services to the Hadza community.
- Recipient of grants from NSF, National Geographic, and the Max Planck Institute.
- Developed the Xtracks software for analyzing movement and spatial data.
- Advises PhD students in UCLA's biological anthropology program, offering fieldwork opportunities in Tanzania.
Research interests include foraging strategies, food sharing, spatial behavior, and human-wildlife cooperation. Notable work includes discovering menopause in wild chimpanzees (Science 2023) and documenting culturally specific human-honeyguide communication (Science 2023). His work bridges anthropology, ecology, and conservation through quantitative and qualitative methods.
