Evolution biological Aspects



Wednesday, 14. October 2009 | 14:00 Uhr

Speaker

Josef Reichholf

Organisation

Technical University Munich

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Prof. Josef Reichholf from the University of Munich examined the question of why two species of primates which show close similarity to mankind bear important differences when it comes to aggressive behavior. According to him, the difference originates from the food supply. Sufficient food seems to make species more peaceful.

Josef Reichholf

He studied biology, chemistry, geography and tropical medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and earned his Dr. rer. nat. in 1969.

Since 1974, he heads the Ornithology Section at the National Zoological Collection in Munich and directs the Faunistics and Ecology Department, and since 1995 the Vertebrates Department.

Josef Reichholf is Honorary Professor of the TU Munich and member of the Ecology Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. He has published a wide range of scientific books that have been released in 16 languages.

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