23,000-Year-Old Footprints In White Sands

The History of Race and Racism In The Study of Evolution

IN THE NEWS:

Last month, the journal Science published an article that made popular headlines. For example, it was featured prominently in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The headline news was that newly discovered evidence proved human existence in America some 10,000 years earlier than previously believed by the scientific community.

To better understand the context of this discovery, and to better understand anthropology, its history and its racial controversies, we spoke with Mr. Jonathan Marks, a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Professor Marks is the recipient of many awards and honors — which are enumerated on his academic homepage. And here are a few examples of his many publications: The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology, a 2018 book; Is Science Racist?, a 2017 book; and Tales of the ex-Apes: How We Think about Human Evolution, a 2015 book.

Click this link to listen to my podcast conversation with him, which is also available on Apple and Spotify, and on ThePeel.news homepage.

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