 He is interested in the question of how humans evolved from "being a relatively unremarkable primate a few million years ago to the most successful species on the globe", and how culture affected our genetic development.Henrich holds bachelor degrees in anthropology and aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame, earned in 1991.From 1991 to 1993 he worked as a Test and Evaluation Systems Engineer for General Electric Aerospace (sold to Martin Marietta in 1993) in Springfield, Virginia.