Clifford Jolly was born on January 21, 1939 in Southend, England. He got his education at the University of London, where he received his Bachelors Degree in 1960, and his Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology in 1965 (first class honors). Jolly’s first professional experience came as a research assistant in physical anthropology at the University of London from 1963 –65. After that, Jolly had a visiting research fellowship at Makerere University in Uganda until 1966.
Jolly’s major interests are in human and primate evolution, genetics, ecology and social behavior. He has done research on primate functional anatomy, serology and biology. Jolly has many published works, one of which is Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, with R. White. McGraw Hill, 5th ed. 1994; 1st ed. 1976. Another is ‘Species, Subspecies and Baboon Systematic, In Species Concepts and Primate Evolution, ed. 1993.
His fellowships include a MacArthur Fellowship from 1994-99; Young Leader of the Academy, The Leadership Project, American Association for Higher Education in 1998; John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1991-92. Jolly is a member of the Society of the Study of Human Biology; the Zoology Society of London; Royal Anthropological Institute; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Currently, Jolly is a professor of physical anthropology at New York University.
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Written by: Geoff Klein