Dr. Amy Clark

Biography

Amy Clark is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. Her research focuses on the evolution of modern humans and their closely related hominins, particularly Neanderthals. She is interested in using the archaeological record to understand the evolution of traits of particularly well-developed species, cumulative culture, and hyper-social behavior. Her work explores the relationships between humans and physical spaces, emphasizing how spatial structure can provide insights into group size, social relationships, and mobility patterns over time. Currently, she is engaged in a field project in Morocco, near the city of Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. Amy completed her PhD at the University of Arizona in 2015 and has held positions as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Toulouse, France, and as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oklahoma. In addition, she taught in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard as a College Fellow before being appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2023.

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