Russell Gray: podcast appearances and interviews

Russell David Gray is a New Zealand evolutionary biologist and psychologist specializing in the application of quantitative methods to the study of cultural evolution and human prehistory. He has contributed to understanding the evolution of language families, including Indo-European and Austronesian languages, through the use of computational phylogenetic techniques. Gray is recognized for his interdisciplinary approach, integrating biological and psychological perspectives in his research. In 2020, he became a co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. His work extends to animal cognition, notably involving research on the use of tools by New Caledonian crows, which sheds light on animal intelligence and problem-solving skills.