Biological Anthropology: An Evolutionary Perspective

Do Human Races Exist (1x19)

Ausstrahlung: Jan 01, 2000

To quote anthropologist Michael Blakey, the idea that people can be grouped into races may seem as obvious to us as the sun rising in the east. Blakey's point, however, was that our eyes can mislead us, and common sense can be inadequate to deal with scientific questions. This lecture confronts the question of whether skin color or other attributes can be used to sort people into biologically meaningful categories.