Robert Foley (academic)
Robert Foley | |
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Foley in 2011 | |
| Born | Robert Andrew Foley 18 March 1953 Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
| Spouse | Marta Mirazón Lahr |
| Awards | Fellow of the British Academy (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human evolution Prehistoric archaeology |
| Institutions | University of Durham University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Human palaeoecology: an analysis of regional artefact density in the Amboseli Basin, Southern Kenya (1975) |
Robert Andrew Foley, FBA (born 18 March 1953) is a British anthropologist, archaeologist, and academic, specialising in human evolution. From 1977 to 1985, he was a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Durham. He has been a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, since 1987, and Leverhulme Professor of Human Evolution at the University of Cambridge since 2003.