Editing Terrence Deacon (section)

{{short description|American linguist}}

{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Terrence Deacon
| image             = TerryDeacon.jpg
| caption           = Terrence Deacon in 2008
| birth_name        = Terrence William Deacon
| birth_date        = {{Birth year and age|1950}}
| nationality       = American
| fields            = [[Neuroanthropology]]
| education         = [[Western Washington University]]<br>[[Harvard University]]
| workplaces        = [[Harvard University]]<br>[[Boston University]]<br>[[University of California, Berkeley]]
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Irven DeVore]]
}}

'''Terrence William Deacon''' (born 1950) is an American [[Neuroanthropology|neuroanthropologist]] (Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, [[Harvard University]] 1984). He taught at Harvard for eight years, relocated to [[Boston University]] in 1992, and is currently Professor of [[Anthropology]] and member of the [[Cognitive Science]] Faculty at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].