Melvin Konner, a biological anthropologist, is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University. He earned his PhD (1973) and MD (1985) from Harvard. Dr. Konner is a globally recognized expert on how evolution, biology, and culture together shape child development and human nature. He also was among the first to recognize the importance of evolution to contemporary health, and published The Paleolithic Prescription: A Guide to Diet and Exercise and a Design for Living (1988) with S. Boyd Eaton and Marjorie Shostak. Dr. Konner is an active public communicator and advocate, testifying twice before the US Senate on health care reform and end-of-life care, appearing in two public television series, and writing for (among others) Newsweek, The Sciences, The American Prospect, and The New York Times Magazine.