Christopher J. Wills (born 1938) is Professor Emeritus of Biology at

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. He received his Ph.D. from

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. As a

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, he worked at the

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, Stockholm, on protein chemistry and evolution. He is the author of ''The Runaway Brain: The Evolution of Human Uniqueness'' (1994), ''Children Of Prometheus, The Accelerating Pace Of Human Evolution'' (1999), ''The Spark Of Life: Darwin And The Primeval Soup '' (2001) and ''The Darwinian Tourist: Viewing the World Through Evolutionary Eyes'' (late 2010). ''Children of Prometheus'' was a finalist for the Aventis Prize in 2000. He received the 1998 Award for the Public Understanding of Science and Technology from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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1938 births Living people Human evolution theorists American biochemists University of California, San Diego faculty University of California, Berkeley alumni {{US-biologist-stub