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Breaking the illusion of skin color - Nina Jablonski

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, however, as Jablonski explains, Darwin did not have access to NASA. Nina Jablonski is author of Skin: A Natural History, a close look at human skin's many remarkable traits: its colors, its sweatiness, the fact that we decorate it.

English
  • Originally Aired December 24, 2012
  • Runtime 10 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
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