Richard Wrangham is a professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and a renowned evolutionary anthropologist. Since the 1970s, he has observed and studied chimpanzee behavioral ecology in Africa, exploring various aspects of human evolution, such as human nature and the reasons for human existence. In 1993, he served as a board member of the Jane Goodall Institute, and in 1994, as a board member of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Additionally, in 1997, he co-founded the Kibale Chimpanzee Project, and from 2004 to 2008, he continued his primate research as president of the International Primatological Society.

 With over 50 years dedicated to studying primates and human evolution, Wrangham even tried chewing on leftover raw meat from chimpanzees to deepen his research. Through comparative studies of chimpanzee and human ecology and behavior, he has shed light on the evolutionary history of human aggression and examined the impact of cooking on human evolution. Recognized as an authority in primate behavioral research and evolutionary anthropology, he has worked to illuminate the history of human evolution and the nature of human identity through his books, including Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human and The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution.