William H. Durham
William H. Durham is an American biological anthropologist, and is of the Department Chair of Anthropological Sciences, and Bing Professor in Human Biology, at Stanford University. [1]
Life
He graduated from the University of Michigan with a master’s and PhD.
His main interests are ecology and evolution, the interactions of genetic and cultural change in human populations, and the challenges to conservation and community development in the Third World. In fieldwork, he has studied the demography, genetics, and resource management of the San Blas Kuna of Panama, the causes of land scarcity and environmental degradation in rural El Salvador and Honduras, and the social forces behind deforestation in Mexico, Central, and South America. [2]
He is currently Editor of the Annual Review of Anthropology.
Awards
- 1983 MacArthur Fellows Program
- National Science Foundation fellowship
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Danforth Foundation fellowship
Works
- Scarcity and Survival in Central America. Stanford University Press. 1979. ISBN 9780804710008.
- Escasez y sobrevivencia en Centroamérica: orígenes ecológicos de la guerra del fútbol, UCA Editores, 1988, ISBN 9788484051084
- Coevolution: Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity. Stanford University Press. 1991.
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