Valerius Geist

Valerius Geist
Valerius Geist in 2011
Born(1938-02-02)February 2, 1938
Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
DiedJuly 6, 2021(2021-07-06) (aged 83)
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Calgary
ThesisOn the behaviour and evolution of American mountain sheep (1966)
Doctoral advisorIan McTaggart-Cowan
Other academic advisorsKonrad Lorenz

Valerius Geist (2 February 1938 – 6 July 2021) was a German-Canadian biologist and a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. He was a specialist on the biology, behavior, and social dynamics of North American large mammals (elk, moose, bighorn sheep, other wild ungulates and wolves), as well as on Neanderthal people and behaviour.

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