Dr. Martin Daly

Martin Daly, Department of Psychology, McMaster University, made significant contributions to our understanding of behaviour and psychology in an evolutionary perspective, both through an influential textbook and by his research. His field studies of African and American desert rodents have helped elucidate the ecological reasons for behavioural diversity among similar animal species. Taking an evolutionary psychological perspective on interpersonal conflict, he has also collaborated in innovative research on human violence, discovering several previously unknown risk factors for child abuse and homicide, and demonstrating that such factors as unemployment, age and age disparity, and family composition affect the incidence of violence in different relationships differently.