Henry C. Harpending (born 1944) is an anthropologist and population geneticist at the University of Utah, where he is a distinguished professor. Dr. Harpending earned his A.B. degree from Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, in 1964. Harpending earned his PhD at Harvard in 1972 and is co-author of the book The 10,000 Year Explosion.
Harpending interprets genetic and morphometric variation within and between human populations with mathematically based m...
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Henry C. Harpending (born 1944) is an anthropologist and population geneticist at the University of Utah, where he is a distinguished professor. Dr. Harpending earned his A.B. degree from Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, in 1964. Harpending earned his PhD at Harvard in 1972 and is co-author of the book The 10,000 Year Explosion.
Harpending interprets genetic and morphometric variation within and between human populations with mathematically based models, examining hypotheses such as population growth, divergence, and gene flow. In The 10,000 Year Explosion, which he co-authored with Gregory Cochran, Harpending suggests a common belief that human genetic adaptation stopped 40,000 years ago is incorrect and that humans evolved increasingly rapidly in response to the new challenges presented by agriculture and civilization. The result was accelerating evolution which has varied according to new niches or environments that particular populations inhabit. Harpending is a member of the...
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