Nina Jablonski breaks the illusion of skin color

http://www.ted.com 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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[andid]

@TaterGumfries No. I'm claiming genes for kinky hair can be found in everyones genomes from every "race", even people with straight hair can have kinky hair genes, if you understand the difference between genotype and phenotypes. But that seems like it's a stretch for you, so lets just agree to disagree here.

[KGdaBOSS55]

i love this video.... my girlfriend and i are watching this together... philosophy date <3

[igislovak]

Loved the speech!

[usdeptofsmooth]

@andid "...if you understand the difference...seems like it's a stretch...agree to disagree..." -- LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AskariWaryaa]

This has all been debunked

White skin is only a genetic mutation, it has nothing to do with vitamin d. Blacks have higher bone density, and have been found to require less vitamin D and calcium due to other process at work. Also that skin colour char is false

Inuits in the northern regions have much darker skin than whites!

[crudhousefull]

@AkamuSlayer Btw I'm only racist with bastards like you and the bastard I was replying to. Peaceful white people who know history and how the world came to be I'm alright with. I have trouble with bastards that you that think that we're benefitting from white people. On the whole, a complete fungus that set the world back a millenium. Thankfully the white bastards are starting to learn a little humanity and spirituality of late

[crudhousefull]

@AkamuSlayer And on a sidenote you stupid little bastard, the reason the rest of the world didn't progress is because of your barbaric race that erased histories, eliminated stations of development and administrative knowledge in the lands that it raped. Now go over stome statistics on how raped countries developed after achieving freedom. India btw was de-industrialized and converted to an agricultural economy after it was invaded. And yes, your race is horrid