Henry Harpending
Henry Cosad Harpending (January 13, 1944 – April 3, 2016) was an American anthropologist, population geneticist, and writer. He was a distinguished professor at the University of Utah, and formerly taught at Penn State and the University of New Mexico. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is known for the book The 10,000 Year Explosion, which he co-authored with Gregory Cochran.
Henry Harpending | |
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| Born | Henry Cosad Harpending January 13, 1944 Dundee, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 3, 2016 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | 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 |
Some of Harpending's statements about race, biology and racial differences in intelligence were controversial. He is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a white nationalist, and associated with groups described by the SPLC as such.
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