Edward Dutton

Hello, hello, hello! I like researching ‘controversial’ topics. If someone insists that a certain area is out of bounds and you’re ‘immoral’ for even contemplating it, then that is where new discoveries are going to lie. I originally read Theology at Durham University, graduating in 2002. There I focused on Religious Studies under the Rev’d Prof. Douglas Davies, editing his book Anthropology and Theology. I then did a PhD in Religious Studies, focusing on Christian fundamentalism, at Aberdeen University under Rabbi Prof. Seth Kunin (and briefly, partially, under Prof. Steve Bruce), finishing in 2005. I was made Docent of the Anthropology of Religion and Finnish Culture at Oulu University in Finland – I’m based in Oulu – in 2011. The word “Docent” is translated as “habilitation,” “Adjunct Professor” or “Adjunct Reader.” In early 2012, I was Visiting Lecturer in the Anthropology of Religion at Riga Stradins University in Latvia and I did a guest lecture on the subject at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. However, I moved into evolutionary psychology, human biological differences and intelligence in late 2012 and have never looked back. Indeed, the choice between postmodern anthropology and evolutionary anthropology was termed “Dutton’s Dilemma” in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. From 2012, I contributed to quantitative studies with the Ulster Institute for Social Research under Prof. Richard Lynn and others, publishing in such journals as Inte

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