Jim Moore (Assoc. Prof., Anthropology Dept, UCSD) Research interests: Generally, the relationships among demography and ecology in the evolution of complex sociality. How are age and 'altruism' related? Rainfall and coalition formation? Things like that. One application of such an approach is to the study of early hominid behavioral ecology, and a lot of my current work relates to that. At right, I'm collecting hair from a chimpanzee nest in Ugalla, Tanzania (the hair yields DNA for population genetic work, and the location of nests can tell us about ape use of savanna habitats).

Publications	Things I've worked on... (includes complete text of some papers)
BioAnthro at UCSD	Some general information on biological anthropology.
Courses	A variety of handouts and other teaching- related materials. STUDENTS: this is the place for handouts on research papers, who cares about fossil names, and other nifty things.
African Ape Study Sites	This is an archive of information on field sites where gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos have been studied. It is intended for use by researchers interested in comparative socioecology, and contains data, maps, photographs, site bibliographies and the like. For material on ape conservation, see UNEP Great Apes Survival Project and the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force.
Southern California Primate Research Forum	This is a twice-annual conference (meetings generally in April and November) that alternates among various colleges, universities and zoos in SoCal. Link to see past and future programs, register, etc.
La Jolla Friends of the Seals	If you can't go all the way to "the field" to observe charismatic megavertebrates and study both their behavior and how people relate to nature, just visit La Jolla's Children's Pool!
California Wolf Center	You don't have to go much farther away to visit the California Wolf Center (formerly the Julian Wolf Preserve, formerly the Julian Center for Science & Education--OK, there's an identity thing...). The CWC participates in the breeding program for the highly endangered Mexican wolf, and is always looking for volunteers. It's fun!
CONTACT	Ready to go [conceptually] a lot farther away to apply your anthropology? CONTACT is an annual conference of anthropologists, science fiction writers and space scientists; participants include Larry Niven, Kim Stanley Robinson, Gerald Nordley, Seth Shostak, Carol Stoker & more (the impetus about 25 years ago was Jim Funaro's conversations with Frank Herbert & Gregory Bateson).
Shifting Baselines	To understand the difference between where you are and where you go, in time as well as space, you need to understand your baseline for comparison. Visit this site. It illustrates an important concept that applies to ALL habitat, wildlife, environmental health and globalization issues. And for developing policy from that baseline, see The Precautionary Principle Project. Visit this site too!!!
SAVE FORESTS	One way to stop baselines from shifting out of sight is to support sustainable forestry. Maybe you don't use much wood (until you buy a house), but imagine if you convince your school, or business, or city to adopt such a policy. There are several lumber certification organizations, and not all "certified" wood is the same. Forest Certification Resource Center gives an overview of the different individual groups that are authorized to issue certificates. Note that one, "Sustainable Forestry Initiative" [SFI] certification, has been called a timber-industry "greenwash". Forest Stewardship Council [FSC] seems to be a "right" one environmentally; "FSC certified" is what you want to buy (they certify both temperate and tropical forests, it is a global organization). See Don't Buy SFI for more on that issue, and visit Rainforest Action Network for much more information, many links, and searchable archives.
SAVE PRIMATES	And here I am talking about individuals. Nonhuman primates are difficult pets when young, nearly impossible as adults. Biomedical researchers generally use only young chimpanzees, as older ones can be dangerous. The result is hundreds of "retired" animals who need care. We owe them that much. Here are several excellent facilities which can use your help: Save the Chimps, Chimp Haven, and Gorilla Haven.
Other Environmental	Want to just go shopping, or grab a bite to eat? Green Consumer Union can help guide you. And check out the Environmental Studies homepage; the "related links" is a valuable door to more relevant organizations than I knew existed.
Picture worth 6,000,000,000 words (and counting)
Experimental Biological Anthropology at UCLA	OK, don't leave your keyboard, but nevertheless participate in anthropology. Go here to fill out the latest research surveys by Dan Fessler, a graduate of UCSD now doing interesting things over at UCLA. NOTE: This is a portal to a whole BUNCH of surveys, which keep changing as projects end/start. So check it out!
Female Science Professor	She's not an anthropologist, but certainly could have been. Commentaries on being an academic, well worth looking over whether you're a 1st-year undergrad wondering what makes professors tick, or an emeritus trying to understand what gave you that tick for which your physician prescribes Zoloft.
Weirdness	Forget about anthropology for a while. Or is this anthro? My vote for best site on the web... Hatten, which now has it's own wikipedia entry. Then there's Hyakugojyuuichi, and Yatta ... (thanks to Heather York for this rather batty contribution). Nowadays there is so much weirdness on the web that I'm not bothering to update this. Once upon a time, weirdness was scarce and had to be cultivated...
Bersin's blueprint, business models, and Sears	A true story of refrigerator-buying that may be relevant to K-12 educational policy.

From "To Washoe" by Henrietta Quattrocchi
(CVAS Newsletter 12(8) September 2000)

"Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see. Repetition and pride are the keys to this. To hear and to see even an obvious lie again and again and again, maybe to say it almost by reflex, and then to defend it because we have said it, and at last to embrace it because we've defended it."

                                                                    Octavia Butler (my emphasis)

	Associate Professor
	Anthropology Dept.
	University of California, San Diego
	La Jolla, CA  92093			 (858) 534-5572;  jjmoore@ucsd.edu

Where am I?

Social Science Building (SSB) room 276. (campus maps)

Where did I come from?

	AB  Human Biology 				1975	Stanford University
	MS  Biology					1975	Stanford University
	PhD Biological Anthropology			1985	Harvard University

		Thesis: Demography and Sociality in Primates (1985)