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Robert Ardrey (1908-1980) was an American writer who worked in theater, film and anthropology. He is best known for his books on human evolution and behavior, such as African Genesis and The Territorial Imperative.
ABOUT — Robert Ardrey. Born in 1908, Robert Ardrey was an American playwright and author who grew up on the South Side of Chicago. He attended the nearby University of Chicago, graduating in 1930. It was the very beginning of the Great Depression, which he writes in his autobiography “was the making of me… because it deprived me of any ...
Robert Ardrey was a playwright, screenwriter and anthropologist who wrote best-sellers on human evolution, such as "African Genesis" and "The Territorial Imperative". In this interview, he talks about his career switch, his critics, his new film "The Animal Within" and his views on human aggression and territory.
Robert Ardrey was a playwright, screenwriter and author of the Nature of Man series, which challenged the prevailing views on human origins and behavior. He argued that humans evolved from African carnivores, that instincts shaped human nature, and that diversity and equality were essential for social order.
Robert Ardrey was a playwright, screenwriter, and evolutionary biologist who challenged the social sciences with his books on human nature. Learn about his life, works, awards, and controversies on Goodreads.
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The Nature of Man Series is a four-volume series of works in paleoanthropology by the prolific playwright, screenwriter, and science writer Robert Ardrey. The books in the series were published between 1961 and 1976. The series majorly undermined standing assumptions in social sciences, leading to an abandonment of the "blank slate" hypothesis ...
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Robert Ardrey was an American playwright, screenwriter and science writer perhaps best known for The Territorial Imperative (1966). After a Broadway and Hollywood career, he returned to his academic training in anthropology and the behavioral sciences in the 1950s.
