Henry Harpending
Henry Harpending | |
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| Born | Henry Cosad Harpending January 13, 1944 |
| Died | April 3, 2016 (aged 72) |
| Education | Hamilton College Harvard University |
| Known for | The 10,000 Year Explosion Theory of Ashkenazi Jewish Intelligence |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology Population genetics |
| Institutions | University of Utah Pennsylvania State University University of New Mexico |
| Thesis | !Kung hunter-gatherer population structure. (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | William W. Howells |
Henry Cosad Harpending (January 13, 1944 – April 3, 2016) was an American anthropologist and distinguished professor at the University of Utah, best known for his 2009 book The 10,000 Year Explosion, co-authored with Gregory Cochran. Educated at Hamilton College and Harvard University, his career included faculty positions at Penn State and the University of New Mexico. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Harpending worked primarily in biological anthropology and population genetics, but also conducted ethnographic fieldwork with the !Kung and Herero peoples of Southern Africa. His work in population genetics pioneered the study of the relationship between genetics and geography.
Harpending was married twice and had three children. He died in 2016.