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Nina Jablonski breaks the illusion of skin color

TED Talks200900:14:46Creative Commons
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Nina Jablonski says that differing skin colors are simply our bodies' adaptation to varied climates and levels of UV exposure. Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory, but she explains, that's because he did not have access to NASA.

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TEDTalks, TED2009, TED, Talks, anthropology, biology, evolution, human origins, humanity, race, science, 2009

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