# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-harpending
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:13:29.211Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-harpending"
name: "Henry Harpending"
slug: "henry-harpending"
description: "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."
tagline: "American anthropologist (1944–2016)"
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birthDate: "1944-01-13"
deathDate: "2016-04-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump