{{Short description|English evolutionary biologist, primatologist and broadcaster}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{resume-like|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Ben Garrod | image = Ben Garrod2.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!--Don't need to repeat when same as current name--> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|01|29}} | birth_place = Great Yarmouth, England | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | alma_mater = Anglia Ruskin University<br />Royal Veterinary College<br />University College London | fields = {{Unbulleted list | Evolutionary Biologist | Primatologist | Conservationist | Broadcaster}} | workplaces = University of East Anglia<br />British Broadcasting Corporation<br />University of Bristol<br />Anglia Ruskin University | known_for = {{Plainlist | * ''Secrets of Bones''<ref name=secrets>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vrtkp |title=BBC Four - Secrets of Bones |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=2017-02-07 |accessdate=2017-02-27}}</ref><ref name=imdb/> * ''Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur''<ref name=att>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03dwy5z |title=BBC One - Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur |website=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-02-27}}</ref>}} | thesis_title = Primates of the Caribbean : using historical-era introduction of monkeys in the Lesser Antilles to understand patterns of island evolution | thesis_url = https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.746683 | thesis_year = 2017 | doctoral_advisor = Helen Chatterjee | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|https://www.bengarrod.co.uk/}} | footnotes = | spouse = }}

'''Professor Ben Garrod''' (born 29 January 1982) is an English evolutionary biologist and primatologist known for his work on great ape conservation. He is also an author and television presenter who regularly appears as a science presenter on BBC programmes. Garrod has been a Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement at the University of East Anglia since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whymark |first=Bethany |date=2019-01-31 |title=Biologist and broadcaster Ben Garrod is UEA's newest professor |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/20787324.biologist-broadcaster-ben-garrod-ueas-newest-professor/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Eastern Daily Press |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life== Garrod was born in Great Yarmouth, where he lived in the Elephant and Castle pub and attended East Norfolk Sixth Form College.

==Career and research== === Academic and conservation work === Garrod attended Anglia Ruskin University, where he completed his BSc (Hons) in Animal Behaviour in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumni videos - ARU|url=https://aru.ac.uk/graduation-and-alumni/alumni-network/alumni-stories/alumni-videos|access-date=2020-10-18|website=aru.ac.uk}}</ref> He completed an MSc in Wild Animal Biology at the Royal Veterinary College.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Dr Ben Garrod, Evolutionary Biologist and Great Ape Conservationist |url=https://www.naturalworldsafaris.com/ben-garrod |website=Natural World Safaris |access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> Garrod completed a doctorate at University College London and the Zoological Society of London. His thesis focused on the evolution of monkeys in tropical islands and was titled "Primates of the Caribbean".<ref>[http://www.zsl.org/users/ben-garrod Garrod's Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922065352/http://www.zsl.org/users/ben-garrod |date=2015-09-22 }} on the Zoological Society of London ]</ref> He has published academic article spanning primate pathology<ref>{{cite journal|title=Lessons from the Past: Metabolic Bone Disease in Historical Captive Primates|first1=Milly|last1=Farrell|first2=Carolyn|last2=Rando|first3=Ben|last3=Garrod|date=1 April 2015|journal=Int J Primatol|volume=36|issue=2|pages=398–411|doi=10.1007/s10764-015-9831-7|s2cid=14097890|url=https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/cd5b04db-164e-4945-968f-2a33e5afa28a/1/}} {{subscription required}}</ref> and osteoarchaeology.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Burial, excavation, and preparation of primate skeletal material for morphological study|first1=Ben|last1=Garrod|first2=Alice M.|last2=Roberts|first3=Corinne|last3=Duhig|first4=Debby|last4=Cox|first5=William|last5=McGrew|date=1 October 2015|journal=Primates|volume=56|issue=4|pages=311–316|doi=10.1007/s10329-015-0480-4|pmid=26245478|s2cid=27212088}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

Garrod spent several years in western Uganda working on the development and management of a leading field site for chimpanzee conservation with the Jane Goodall Institute, where among other things he was responsible for habituating wild chimpanzees. He has also worked in Southeast Asia for an orangutan conservation organisation, in Madagascar studying marine life, and in the Caribbean studying introduced monkeys.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Ben Garrod Biography - Natural World Safaris |url=https://www.naturalworldsafaris.com/ben-garrod |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=www.naturalworldsafaris.com}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Garrod's institutional affiliations include being a Trustee for the UK Jane Goodall Institute;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.janegoodall.org.uk/about-us/staff-and-board |title=Staff and Board - Jane Goodall Institute UK |website=Janegoodall.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-02-27 |archive-date=23 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123133237/http://www.janegoodall.org.uk/about-us/staff-and-board |url-status=dead }}</ref> Vice President for the Norfolk Wildlife Trust;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/all-news/2015-06-12-sir-david-attenborough-celebra |title=2015-06-12 Sir David Attenborough celebra |publisher=Norfolk Wildlife Trust |date= |accessdate=2017-02-27}}</ref> Ambassador for Bristol Museum and Art Gallery; Patron of the Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natsca.org/patrons |title=Our Patrons &#124; Natural Sciences Collections Association |website=Natsca.org |date= |accessdate=2017-02-27}}</ref> Ambassador for the Marine Conservation Society;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcsuk.org/information/About+MCS/About+MCS/Oceans+ambassadors#Bengarrod|title=Ben Garrod|work=mcsuk.org|accessdate=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917213621/https://www.mcsuk.org/information/About+MCS/About+MCS/Oceans+ambassadors#Bengarrod|archive-date=17 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fellow of the Linnean Society; Patron of the Norwich Science Festival;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrons |url=https://norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/about-us/patrons |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Norwich Science Festival |language=en}}</ref> and President of Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Presidents of the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society {{!}} |url=https://norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/home/about-the-society/past-presidents/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Garrod is a Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement at the University of East Anglia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ben Garrod |url=https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/ben-garrod |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=University of East Anglia |language=en}}</ref>

===Public engagement === Garrod has presented a series and several television shows, including ''Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur''<ref name=att/> with David Attenborough, ''Baby Chimp Rescue'',<ref name="imdb" /> and ''Springwatch'',<ref name=imdb>{{IMDb name|4524866}}</ref> in addition to two of his own series; ''Secrets of Bones'' and ''Secrets of Skin''<ref name=secrets/> on BBC Four. Across radio and other digital audio platforms, Prof Garrod has fronted various series and stand-alone documentaries, including '''A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs' and 'A Grown-Up Guide to Oceans'<nowiki/>'' (both for Audible Original).<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://www.bengarrod.co.uk/about |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Ben Garrod |language=en}}</ref> He has presented 'Supersenses',<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Supersenses |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001l284 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> three series of 'Wild Inside' (with Jess French),<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Wild Inside |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00127y4 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> 'Bone Stories<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Bone Stories - Available now |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09219yt/episodes/player |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>', and 'The Human Hive',<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Human Hive |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b087qjd4 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> all for BBC Radio Four. He has guest presented 'Inside Science<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Are boys doing better than girls at maths and science? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028v08 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>' and appeared on 'The Infinite Monkey Cage<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Far Can the Human Body Go? |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/hu/podcast/how-far-can-the-human-body-go/id343580439?i=1000599080505 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-GB}}</ref>', 'Curious Cases',<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC World Service - Discovery, Seeing more |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4nnh |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> and 'A Good Read'. He has also presented numerous short films on the One Show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029nd0l |title=BBC One - The One Show, Black Shuck |website=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-02-27}}</ref>

He has delivered a TEDx talk and is a regular speaker at conferences, public debates and scientific festivals, including the Cheltenham Science Festival, Hay Literary Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-01 |title=Ben Garrod |url=https://www.hayfestival.com/p-21546-ben-garrod.aspx?skinid=16 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Hay Festival |language=en}}</ref> UEA Live for Kids<ref>{{Cite web |title=UEA Live for Kids: Great Yarmouth |url=https://www.visitnorwich.co.uk/event/uea-live-for-kids-great-yarmouth/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Visit Norwich |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Darwin Day lecture at the Milner Centre<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darwin Day Public Lecture with Ben Garrod: I love a good extinction! |url=https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/darwin-day-public-lecture-with-ben-garrod-i-love-a-good-extinction/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.bath.ac.uk}}</ref> (University of Bath). He also writes scientific articles for ''The Guardian''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/17/dinosaur-titanosaur-largest-animal-ever-walk-earth-argentina|title=Titanosaurs: the largest animals ever to walk the Earth|first=Ben|last=Garrod|date=17 January 2016|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/23/young-people-unite-compassion-not-divide-fear-jane-goodall|title=Working in nature can provoke uplifting ideas|date=23 July 2016|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/feb/28/why-primates-should-never-be-pets|title=No more monkey business: why primates should never be pets|first=Ben|last=Garrod|date=28 February 2016|work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''The Conversation''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Garrod |url=https://theconversation.com/a-philippines-island-has-the-worlds-greatest-concentration-of-unique-mammals-heres-why-62523 |title=A Philippines island has the world's greatest concentration of unique mammals – here's why |website=Theconversation.com |date=2016-07-15 |accessdate=2017-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Garrod |url=https://theconversation.com/what-to-do-about-liberias-island-colony-of-abandoned-lab-chimps-64646 |title=What to do about Liberia's island colony of abandoned lab chimps? |website=Theconversation.com |date=2016-09-09 |accessdate=2017-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Garrod |url=https://theconversation.com/chimp-study-shows-how-hanging-out-with-friends-makes-life-less-stressful-68000 |title=Chimp study shows how hanging out with friends makes life less stressful |website=Theconversation.com |date=2016-11-01 |accessdate=2017-02-27}}</ref>

== Bibliography == Garrod has published a variety of books for children and young people including the series ''Ultimate Dinosaurs'' <ref name=":1">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/ultimate-dinosaurs/</ref> (including introductions from Chris Packham, Steve Backshall and Jane Goodall); ''The Adventures of a Dog Called Jack-Jack''<ref name=":2">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/the-adventures-of-a-dog-called-jackjack/</ref>''; Extinct: The Story of Life on Earth'';<ref name=":3">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/extinct-the-story-of-life-on-earth/</ref> and ''The Chimpanzee and Me''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=The Chimpanzee & Me |date=2019 |publisher=Head of Zeus |isbn=978-1-78854-760-4 |location=London}}</ref>

=== Books === * The Chimpanzee & Me (2020)<ref name=":0" />

==== Extinct: The Story of Life on Earth ==== Source:<ref name=":3" />

* Hallucigenia (2021)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2021). ''Hallucigenia''. Extinct - The Story of Life on Earth. London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|9781838935269}}.</ref> * Trilobite (2021)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2021). ''Trilobite''. Extinct - The Story of Life on Earth. London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|9781838935320}}.</ref> * Dunkleosteus (2021)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2021). ''Dunkleosteus''. Extinct - The Story of Life on Earth. London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|9781838935290}}.</ref> * Lisowicia (2021)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2021). ''Lisowicia''. Extinct - The Story of Life on Earth. London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|9781838935351}}.</ref> * Tyrannosaurus Rex (2021)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2021). ''Tyrannosaurus Rex''. Extinct - The Story of Life on Earth. London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|9781838935382}}.</ref> * Megalodon (2022)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2022). ''Meglodon''. Extinct - The Story of Life on Earth. London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|9781838935412}}.</ref> * Thylacine (2022)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2022). ''Thylacine''. Extinct - The Story of Life on Earth. London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|9781838935443}}.</ref> * Hainan Gibbon (2022)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2022). ''Hainan Gibbon''. Extinct - The Story of Life on Earth. London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|978-1-83893-547-4}}.</ref>

==== Ultimate Dinsosaurs ==== Source:<ref name=":1" />

* Microraptor (2023)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2023). ''Microraptor''. Ultimate Dinosaurs Series. Scott Hartman, Gabriel Ugueto, Ethan Kocak (1st&nbsp;ed.). London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|978-1-80454-830-1}}.</ref> * Stegosaurus (2023)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Stegosaurus |date=2023 |publisher=Head of Zeus |others=Scott Hartman, Gabriel Ugueto, Ethan Kocak |isbn=978-1-80454-971-1 |edition=1st |series=Ultimate Dinosaurs Series |location=London}}</ref> * Velociraptor (2023)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Velociraptor |date=2023 |publisher=Head of Zeus |others=Scott Hartman, Gabriel Ugueto, Ethan Kocak |isbn=978-1-80454-970-4 |edition=1st |series=Ultimate Dinosaurs Series |location=London}}</ref> * Triceratops (2023)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Triceratops |date=2023 |publisher=Head of Zeus |others=Scott Hartman, Gabriel Ugueto, Ethan Kocak |isbn=978-1-80454-968-1 |edition=1st |series=Ultimate Dinosaurs Series |location=London}}</ref> * Diplodocus (2023)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Diplodocus |date=2023 |publisher=Head of Zeus |isbn=978-1-80454-966-7 |edition=1st |series=Ultimate Dinosaurs Series |location=London}}</ref> * Spinosaurus (2023)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Spinosaurus |date=2023 |publisher=Head of Zeus |isbn=978-1-80454-967-4 |edition=1st |series=Ultimate Dinosaurs Series |location=London}}</ref> * Tyrannosaurus Rex (2023)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Tyrannosaurus Rex |date=2023 |publisher=Head of Zeus |isbn=978-1-80454-969-8 |edition=1st |series=Ultimate Dinosaurs Series |location=London}}</ref> * Ankylosaurus (2023)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Ankylosaurus |date=2023 |publisher=Head of Zeus |others=Scott Hartman, Gabriel Ugueto, Ethan Kocak |isbn=978-1-80454-827-1 |series=Ultimate Dinosaurs Series |location=London}}</ref>

==== The Adventures of a Dog called Jack-Jack ==== Source:<ref name=":2" />

* Jack-Jack: A Dog in Africa (2024)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Jack-Jack, a Dog in Africa |date=2024 |publisher=Head of Zeus |others=Charli Vince |isbn=978-1-0359-0674-1 |edition=1st |series=The Adventures of a Dog Called Jack-Jack Series |location=London}}</ref> * Jack-Jack: How to Train Your Human (2024)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Jack-Jack, How to Train Your Human |date=2024 |publisher=Head of Zeus |others=Charli Vince |isbn=978-1-0359-0678-9 |edition=1st |series=The Adventures of a Dog Called Jack-Jack Series |location=London}}</ref> * Jack-Jack: Return of the Chickens (2025)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrod |first=Ben |title=Jack-Jack: Return of the Chickens |publisher=Head of Zeus |others=Illustrated by Charli Vince |year=2025 |isbn=9781035906802 |edition=1st |series=The Adventures of a Dog Called Jack-Jack |location=London}}</ref> * Jack-Jack: A Dog With A Job (2025)<ref>Garrod, Ben (2025). ''Jack-Jack: A Dog With A Job''. The Adventures of a Dog Called Jack-Jack. Illustrated by Charli Vince (1st&nbsp;ed.). London: Head of Zeus. {{ISBN|9781035906857}}</ref>

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