In academic journals and on internet message boards, certain scientists and thinkers are laying siege to 1 of the great taboos. Can it be, they request, that racism has a logical basis in science? These suggestions are no longer limited by the fringe: race-based studies of intelligence have already been discussed by thinkers such as Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, and Jordan Peterson. If true, it would provide an intellectual foundation for so lots of the attitudes that characterize the right wing, justifying inequality and discrimination. Gavin Evans tackles the nature versus nurture controversy head-on, examining the latest studies on how intelligence grows and installation of fresh discoveries in genetics, paleontology, archaeology, and anthropology to unearth the truth about our distributed past. In doing so, Skin Deep demolishes the pernicious misconception that our race is our destiny and instead uncovers what actually makes us who we are. 18-99 General/trade ;Globe;; ;;; 8/13/19 00/00/00 United States