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Herman Pontzer

Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Anthropology

Awards & Honors


Outstanding Scholar Alumni Award

University Schreyer Honors College, Penn State University · 2017 More about this award

40 Under 40 Rising Stars in New York Food Policy,

Scholarly Society New York City Food Policy Center · 2017 More about this award

Presidential Award for Distinguished Scholarship

University Hunter College, City University of New York · 2016

Earle H. & Suzanne S. Harbison Faculty Fellowship

University Washington University, St. Louis · 2010

Herrnstein Prize

University Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences · 2006 awarded annually to the dissertation that "best exhibits excellent scholarship, originality and breadth of thought, and a commitment to intellectual independence."