Contributions

  • Insight Video - Contributor

Publication

1987 - Insight Video, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

10,500 words, Guess

Page Count

42 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

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Description

Using paleontology, evolutionary biology, genetics, history of science and social history as his tools, Gould tells the fascinating story of how racial differences have been misunderstood by scientists from pre-Darwinian days to the present and used to justify oppression, exploitation and persecution. He describes how new genetic research methods confirm the African origins of homo sapiens and the biological equality of the races. He concludes with a plea for students to understand the tremendous social and political power of scientific work, and scientists' responsibility to humankind.

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