Markus J. Rantala (born 1976 in

Vantaa Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa i ...

) is a Finnish

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

and

evolutionary psychologist Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify human psychological adaptations with regards to the ancestral problems they evolv ...

who is a university lecturer at the

University of Turku sv, Åbo universitet , latin_name = Universitas Aboensis , image_name = University of Turku.svg , motto = ''Vapaan kansan lahja vapaalle tieteelle'' , established = 1920 , type ...

. Rantala has a doctorate in both biology and psychology. he has published 219 scientific articles. Rantala is a public debater, dealing with themes of human mating and mental health, who is frequently interviewed in the Finnish mainstream media. In 2019, Rantala's book ''Masennuksen biologia'' (''The Biology of Depression'') was published, in which depression is examined from an evolutionary psychological perspective.

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