Harpending, Henry

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Fitness and fertility among the Kalahari !Kung
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Summary: Henry Cosad Harpending 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. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][4][5]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1944-01-13 [5]
Birth Place: Dundee [5]
Died: 2016-04-03 [5]
Death Place: Salt Lake City [5]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; writer [5]; academic [5]
Profession: Anthropologe [2]
Employer: University of Utah [5]; Yale University [5]; University of New Mexico [5]; Pennsylvania State University [5]
Educated at: Harvard University [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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