Kim Sterelny is an Australian philosopher, by birth, training, and inclination, who has worked mainly in Australia and New Zealand, with occasional visiting posts in North America and the UK. He has always worked on the intersection of philosophy and the natural science. In the last two decades, he has focused primarily on the life sciences, and increasingly on hominin evolution.
"Sterelny's latest book, written in precise yet accessible prose, can be read with profit by a large public, from the undergraduate student to the scholar. As usual with this author, the pages of The Pleistocene Social Contract are filled with imaginative and well informed solutions to hard problems regarding archeological, biological, and behavioral traces of cooperation throughout human history. * Lo""ic Latouche Simard, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences * I fully recommend The Pleistocene Social Contract. Readers... will gain insights into the auhtor's method of explaining via positive feedback loops, his challenge to traditional theories, and his conclusions drawn from subtle conceptual distinctions. * Haggeo Cadenas, The Quarterly Review of Biology * Sterelny, who works at the intersection of philosophy and natural science, has produced another excellent book on hominin evolution ... The book is clearly written, which means it will appeal to a broad audience, and the references are excellent. This reviewer gives Sterelny's book the highest endorsement. * M. J. O'Brien, CHOICE *"