Mark Nelissen is a professor emeritus in behavioural biology at the university of Antwerp. He taught Human Behaviour: behavioural biology and evolutionary psychology, biological anthropology, cellular biology and animal welfare. He is a member of, among others, the European Society of Human Ethology, the International Primatological Society, the Human Evolution and Behavior Network and the American Anthropological Association. He has made it his personal mission to spread the insights of Darwinism with as many people as he can. His book, Darwin in the supermarket, was published in Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Korean and Chinese. Finally, I'm old! was published in Korean.
On the work of Mark Nelissen
‘Science needs talented interpreters. Great Britain has Richard Dawkins and Robert Wright, the States have Oliver Sack and Steven Pinker. Flanders has Mark Nelissen.’
EOS Magazine
‘Nelissen clearly elucidates why we need to know the modern theory of evolution to explain how people think and act.’
Professor Johan Braeckman, University of Ghent
‘Biologist Mark Nelissen considers it his mission to spread Darwinism with as many people as possible. And he does so splendidly again with his new book.’
Knack Magazine on ‘The Brain Machine’
‘Once you pick up this book, you won’t be able to put it back down. It’s compelling. I thoroughly enjoyed it!’
BNR News Radio Holland on ‘Darwin in the supermarket’
EOS Magazine
‘Nelissen clearly elucidates why we need to know the modern theory of evolution to explain how people think and act.’
Professor Johan Braeckman, University of Ghent
‘Biologist Mark Nelissen considers it his mission to spread Darwinism with as many people as possible. And he does so splendidly again with his new book.’
Knack Magazine on ‘The Brain Machine’
‘Once you pick up this book, you won’t be able to put it back down. It’s compelling. I thoroughly enjoyed it!’
BNR News Radio Holland on ‘Darwin in the supermarket’