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Dispelling the illusion of skin color - Nina Jablonski

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TED-Ed
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Jul 5, 2026
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1230
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Summary

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/nina-jablonski-breaks-the-illusion-of-skin-colorNina 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.Talk by Nina Jablonski. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices