Linda Vigilant is an American primatologist and geneticist. Vigilant works at the Department of Primate Behavior and Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) in Leipzig, Germany.
Education
Vigilant graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey with a B. S. +more
Research and career
She began her career by working on the evolution of mitochondrial DNA in human populations at MPI-EVA. Her work uses genetic analyses to address questions on the evolution of humans and other primates, particularly the great apes. +more
Publication positions
International Journal of Primatology, editorial board member 2003-present. *American Journal of Physical Anthropology, associate editor 2006-2010. +more
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Personal life
Vigilant has been married twice, first to a fellow geneticist, and subsequently to Svante Pääbo since 2008. She has two sons with her first husband and one son and a daughter with her second.
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American women scientists
21st-century American women scientists
20th-century American biologists
21st-century American biologists
American women geneticists
American geneticists
Primatologists
Paleogeneticists
Women primatologists
Stevens Institute of Technology alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Max Planck Institutes researcher
American emigrants to Germany
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