Barbara J. King

Barbara J. King is a biological anthropologist at the College of William and Mary who teaches, writes and speaks about animal studies, primate behavior, human evolution and evolutionary perspectives on gender. Her latest book is How Animals Grieve, published in 2013.

Recent Articles

Sorting Fact From Fiction and What the Best Science Writing Can Teach Us

The latest volume of 'The Best American Science and Nature Writing' puts today's diseases and outbreak in context

By Barbara J. King

Humans, Chimps and Why We Need Personhood for All

We accord rights to babies, the profoundly disabled and elderly people with dementia. Is Tommy the ape that different?

By Barbara J. King
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