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Alex Thornton is an Associate Professor of Cognitive Evolution at the University of Exeter who studies how ecological challenges faced by animals (including humans) shapes their mental processes and culture. His current work focuses on cognition and behaviour in wild jackdaws (a type of bird) and the cognitive requirements of cumulative culture in humans.

Education
Alex completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford and then earned a PhD at the University of Cambridge