William H. Durham

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William H. Durham

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#851

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#1153

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#435

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Bachelors Anthropology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, William H. Durham, a biological anthropologist and evolutionary biologist, is the Bing Professor Emeritus in Human Biology at Stanford University. Education William Durham earned a B.S. at Stanford University in 1971, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a master’s and PhD .

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William H. Durham's Published Works

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Published Works

Coevolution: Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity (1991) (1290)
The adaptive significance of cultural behavior (1976) (251)
Scarcity and Survival in Central America: Ecological Origins of the Soccer War (1981) (178)
Resource Competition and Human Aggression, Part I: A Review of Primitive War (1976) (168)
Can ecotourism deliver real economic, social, and environmental benefits? A study of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica (2015) (162)
Nature-based tourism's impact on environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behavior: a review and analysis of the literature and potential future research (2015) (157)
Farm-scale adaptation and vulnerability to environmental stresses: Insights from winegrowing in Northern California (2012) (152)
ADVANCES IN EVOLUTIONARY CULTURE THEORY (1990) (137)
Social and environmental effects of ecotourism in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica: the Lapa Rios case (2010) (117)
Interactions of genetic and cultural evolution: Models and examples (1982) (115)
Applications of Evolutionary Culture Theory (1992) (104)
Annual Review of Anthropology (1973) (101)
Are Cultural Phylogenies Possible ? (1997) (84)
The social causes of environmental destruction in Latin America (1997) (81)
Ecotourism and conservation in the Americas (2008) (79)
Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo: The State of Knowledge at the Turn of the Century (2004) (69)
Ecotourism impacts in the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica (2010) (68)
The effect of land use change and ecotourism on biodiversity: a case study of Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, from 1985 to 2008 (2012) (59)
Using web and mobile technology to motivate pro-environmental action after a nature-based tourism experience (2016) (44)
The adaptive significance of cultural behavior: Comments and reply (1977) (43)
The social and economic causes of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Basin: natives and colonists. (1995) (42)
Conservation at the edges of the world (2013) (37)
Rethinking the hamburger thesis: deforestation and the crisis of Central America's beef exports. (1995) (32)
Air pollution and student health. (1974) (31)
An ecotourism partnership in the Peruvian Amazon: the case of Posada Amazonas. (2008) (28)
Positive and Negative Effects of a Threatened Parrotfish on Reef Ecosystems (2014) (25)
Colonization, development, and deforestation in Petén, northern Guatemala. (1995) (24)
Social Capital in Development: Bonds, Bridges, and Links in Osa and Golfito, Costa Rica (2015) (23)
The bold agenda of ecotourism. (2008) (22)
Upland-lowland production linkages and land degradation in Bolivia. (1995) (20)
Environmental destruction, ethnic discrimination, and international aid in Bolivia (1995) (18)
Fishing for solutions: ecotourism and conservation in Galapagos National Park. (2008) (18)
Anthropology and Environmental Policy: What Counts? (2010) (18)
Development, rural impoverishment, and environmental destruction in Honduras (1995) (17)
Place-based education for environmental behavior: a ‘funds of knowledge’ and social capital approach (2018) (16)
Setting standards: certification programmes for ecotourism and sustainable tourism. (2008) (16)
Ecotourism and conservation: the Cofan experience. (2008) (14)
The comparative economic value of bear viewing and bear hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest (2016) (12)
Post-trip philanthropic intentions of nature-based tourists in Galapagos (2016) (12)
7 Assessing the Gaps in Westermarck’s Theory (2004) (9)
Ecotourism and ecolodge development in the 21st century. (2008) (9)
The challenge ahead: reversing vicious cycles through ecotourism. (2008) (8)
Environmental interpretation versus environmental education as an ecotourism conservation strategy. (2008) (7)
Toward a Coevolutionary Theory of Human Biology and Culture (2019) (6)
Educating ecotourists: lessons from the field. (2008) (6)
Pushing back against paper-park pushers – Reply to Craigie et al. (2014) (5)
Ecotourism and marine protected areas in a time of climate change. (2008) (5)
Coevolution (1991) (5)
Conservation And Development at Sun Ranch (2014) (5)
Community-as-pedagogy: environmental leadership for youth in rural Costa Rica (2020) (4)
Shrouded in a fetishistic mist: commoditisation of sustainability in tourism (2012) (4)
An ecotourism project analysis and evaluation framework for international development donors. (2008) (3)
Tourism, indigenous peoples and conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon. (2008) (3)
Cultural Evolution: Overview (2001) (2)
Cultural Variation in Time and Space (2020) (2)
Department of Anthropological Sciences—Vision Statement (1998) (2)
What Darwin found convincing in Galápagos (2012) (2)
Urban wild meat markets in Cameroon: Actors and motives (2022) (2)
A Montana lodge and the case for a broadly defined ecotourism. (2008) (2)
THE ARMY AVIATION COLLECTIVE TRAINING SOLUTION : AVCATT-A (2000) (2)
The Elephant in the Room: Evolution in Anthropology (2007) (2)
Mary Frances Shuford, MD. One North Carolina physician who made a difference. (1994) (1)
Can responsible travel exist in a developed country (2008) (1)
Personnel records, forms and procedures (1961) (1)
Annual review of anthropology. Volume 27 (1993) (1)
Preface by William H. Durham (1993) (1)
Protected areas and tourism in Cuba. (2008) (1)
How to Add Annual Review Chapters to Your Online Course Reader (2001) (0)
The forces of cultural evolution: Why meaning matters (1994) (0)
VM09_13 Book Review, Guinness, Dust of Death (1975) (0)
Preface: A Forty-Year Review of the Annual Review (2002) (0)
Corrigendum to “Urban wild meat markets in Cameroon: Actors and motives” [World Development 160 (2022) 106060] (2022) (0)
Evolution, Antiquity of Man, Bacteria, Etc. (2009) (0)
The Great Theme Experiment (2006) (0)
Preface: The New Look of the Annual Review of Anthropology (2005) (0)
Out of the Ordinary (2021) (0)
Preface: Bring Back the Reading (2003) (0)
Book Review:Primate Aggression, Territoriality, and Xenophobia. Ralph L. Holloway (1976) (0)
“An Inexplicable Confusion” (2021) (0)
Anthropology and Environmental Policy: Joint Solutions for Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods (2013) (0)
Isolation and the Image (2018) (0)
「サイレント・スプリング」再訪 (1991) (0)
Galápagos Derailed (0)
Development and Exchange of Instructional Resources in Water Quality Control Programs, IV: Selecting Instructional Media and Instructional Systems. (1974) (0)
One Big Social‒Ecological System (2021) (0)
Bonds, Bridges, and Links to Development in Osa and Golfito, Costa Rica (2020) (0)
Economic and Political Failure in the Ngorongoro: Changing Livelihoods of the Maasai (2014) (0)
Book Review:Population and Social Change. D. V. Glass, Roger Revelle (1974) (0)
The Adaptive Significance of Cul~ral Behavior: Comments and Reply (1977) (0)
Road Infrastructure Development and Deforestation in Southwest Amazonia: a Tri-National Frontier Study (2012) (0)
Book reviews (1977) (0)
The effect of land use change and ecotourism on biodiversity: a case study of Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, from 1985 to 2008 (2012) (0)
Not Earthbound Misfits After All (2021) (0)
Tough Times for the Loneliest Albatross (2021) (0)
The “Secret Recipe” of Galápagos (2021) (0)
Human Reproduction.Eric Golanty (1976) (0)
Fishing in a Common Pool (2021) (0)
Personnel records, forms and procedures / William Durham (1961) (0)
Book Review:Biology of Sex. Charlotte J. Avers; Human Reproduction. Biology and Social Change. Harold D. Swanson (1975) (0)
Beautiful on the Inside (2021) (0)
Book reviews (1983) (0)
Foreword to special issue on biology and culture (1982) (0)
The Back of the Book (1955) (0)
Biosocial Anthropology. Robin Fox (1977) (0)
Preface: Interdisciplinarity and the Tornillo Tree (2007) (0)
Communicating with Alumni through Film, Television, and Radio. (1979) (0)
Preface: A “Peer-Invited” Publication (2004) (0)
Caught in a Booby Trap (2021) (0)
Biology of Sex.Charlotte J. AversHuman Reproduction. Biology and Social Change.Harold D. Swanson (1975) (0)
Preface: Keep Evolving! (2008) (0)
Book Review:Mathematical Models for the Growth of Human Populations. J. H. Pollard (1974) (0)

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