10 Facts About Randy Thornhill

Randy Thornhill was born on 1944 and is an American entomologist and evolutionary biologist.

Randy Thornhill is a professor of biology at the University of New Mexico, and was president of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society from 2011 to 2013.

Randy Thornhill received a BS in Zoology from Auburn University in 1968, an MS in entomology from Auburn University in 1970, and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Michigan in 1974.

Randy Thornhill was formerly married to fellow researcher Nancy Thornhill.

In 1983, Randy Thornhill published The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems, a book that journalist Ethan Watters described as "groundbreaking".

Randy Thornhill's work has been featured in many newspapers, magazines, television shows and radio programs, including an interview on The Today Show.

Randy Thornhill received several death threats, and was assigned a campus police officer to escort him to and from class.

Since 2005, Randy Thornhill has proposed that many human values evolved to protect against pathogens.

Randy Thornhill believes that morality, political systems and religion are all influenced by regional variations in pathogen levels.

In 2021, Thornhill appeared as a guest on episode 38 of season 4 of the Jordan B Peterson Podcast entitled: Death, Disease, and Politics.