Mark Pagel

Mark Pagel
Born
Mark David Pagel

(1954-06-05) 5 June 1954
Seattle, Washington, US
Alma materUniversity of Washington
Known forCo-developer of the Comparative Method in Anthropology
SpouseRuth Mace
Children2
AwardsFRS (2011)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisDeterminants of the Success and Failure of Ridge Regression (1980)
Websiteevolution.reading.ac.uk

Mark David Pagel FRS (born 5 June 1954 in Seattle, Washington) is an evolutionary biologist and professor. He heads the Evolutionary Biology Group at the University of Reading. He is known for comparative studies in evolutionary biology. In 1994, with his spouse, anthropologist Ruth Mace, Pagel pioneered the Comparative Method in Anthropology.