Anna Machin | |
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Nationality | English |
Education | Ph.D. |
Alma mater | University of Reading |
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Scientific career | |
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Institutions | Oxford University |
Thesis | The Acheulean handaxe: symmetry, function and early and middle Pleistocene hominin behaviour. (2006) |
Doctoral advisors | Steven Mithen |
Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist at the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, England. She is the author of a book on fatherhood, The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father.
Machin graduated with a B.A. degree in anthropology and English, followed in 1999 by an M.Sc. degree in human evolution and behaviour from University College, London. In 2006 she obtained her PhD in archeology from the University of Reading. She was a postdoctoral fellow working with Robin Dunbar at Oxford University from 2008 to 2014 after which she became a visiting academic while also pursuing a career as a freelance scientific writer and broadcaster. [1] [2] [3]
In archeology, Machin has studied and commented on the symmetry, morphology, effectiveness and sex appeal of Acheulean handaxes. [4] [5] [6]
Machin has done research on attachment and love between parents and children, between loving couples and between best friends. [7] [8]
As an evolutionary anthropologist, Machin believes that both mothers and fathers have been primed by evolution to parent their children. She has studied father-child relationships and takes the position that human fatherhood would not have developed unless the investment that fathers make in their children is vital for the survival of the species. She has concluded that fatherhood was fundamental to the development of humans and humanity, with fathers performing critical parenting tasks in coaching and educating their children. [9] [10]
Machin has also studied the expectations and reality of fatherhood, and systemic impediments to fathers' involvement in their children's lives. [11]
Machin has been interviewed and cited about fatherhood and love relationships by a variety of popular media outlets, including the New Scientist, [12] The Guardian, [13] BBC, [14] The Daily Telegraph, [15] The Mirror, [16] Eltern, [17] and Broadly. [18]
Anna Machin | |
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Nationality | English |
Education | Ph.D. |
Alma mater | University of Reading |
Known for | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | |
Institutions | Oxford University |
Thesis | The Acheulean handaxe: symmetry, function and early and middle Pleistocene hominin behaviour. (2006) |
Doctoral advisors | Steven Mithen |
Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist at the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, England. She is the author of a book on fatherhood, The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father.
Machin graduated with a B.A. degree in anthropology and English, followed in 1999 by an M.Sc. degree in human evolution and behaviour from University College, London. In 2006 she obtained her PhD in archeology from the University of Reading. She was a postdoctoral fellow working with Robin Dunbar at Oxford University from 2008 to 2014 after which she became a visiting academic while also pursuing a career as a freelance scientific writer and broadcaster. [1] [2] [3]
In archeology, Machin has studied and commented on the symmetry, morphology, effectiveness and sex appeal of Acheulean handaxes. [4] [5] [6]
Machin has done research on attachment and love between parents and children, between loving couples and between best friends. [7] [8]
As an evolutionary anthropologist, Machin believes that both mothers and fathers have been primed by evolution to parent their children. She has studied father-child relationships and takes the position that human fatherhood would not have developed unless the investment that fathers make in their children is vital for the survival of the species. She has concluded that fatherhood was fundamental to the development of humans and humanity, with fathers performing critical parenting tasks in coaching and educating their children. [9] [10]
Machin has also studied the expectations and reality of fatherhood, and systemic impediments to fathers' involvement in their children's lives. [11]
Machin has been interviewed and cited about fatherhood and love relationships by a variety of popular media outlets, including the New Scientist, [12] The Guardian, [13] BBC, [14] The Daily Telegraph, [15] The Mirror, [16] Eltern, [17] and Broadly. [18]