The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy

Interview #50: The Evolution of Friendships and Dating (With Professor Robin Dunbar)

May 19, 2023
The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Interview #50: The Evolution of Friendships and Dating (With Professor Robin Dunbar)
Show Notes

Professor Robin Dunbar is a British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist and a specialist in primate behaviour. He is currently head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. He is best known for formulating Dunbar's number, a measurement of the "cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships".

He is the author of many books including Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships which we discuss today.

Interviewed by Dr. Rebecca Wilkinson with Dr. Alex Curmi.

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