William H. Durham

For the Pentecostal preacher, see William Howard Durham.

William H. Durham is an American biological anthropologist, and Bing Professor in Human Biology, at Stanford University.

Life

William Durham earned a B.A. at Stanford University, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a master’s and PhD.

He has studied the demography, genetics, and resource management of the San Blas Kuna of Panama, El Salvador and Honduras, and deforestation in Mexico, Central, and South America.

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

• Durham, William H. (1979). Scarcity and Survival in Central America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1000-8.
  • Escasez y sobrevivencia en Centroamérica: orígenes ecológicos de la guerra del fútbol, UCA Editores, 1988, ISBN 978-84-8405-108-4
• Durham, William H. (1991). Coevolution: Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-2156-1. (reprint 1992, ISBN 978-0-8047-2156-1)
• The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America. University of Michigan Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-472-06560-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
• Inbreeding, incest, and the incest taboo: the state of knowledge at the turn of the century. Stanford University Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8047-5141-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
• Ecotourism and Conservation in the Americas. CABI. 2008. ISBN 978-1-84593-400-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)