Short Bio

Judith Burkart is a professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology of the University of Zurich. The aim of her research group is to better understand the evolutionary origin of the human mind and behaviour. At the intersection of Biology and Psychology, they ask: How do nonhuman and human primates differ with regard to social, motivational and cognitive processes? And how can we explain such differences from an evolutionary perspective? They are particularly interested in the marmoset monkeys that they study in the wild and in captivity because like in humans, the entire group helps raising their offspring. They thus help us to test the cooperative breeding model of human evolution.