内容简介
Tenyearsago,whileattheUniversityofWesternAustralia,anthropologistNinaJablonskiwasaskedtogivealectureonhumanskin.Asanexpertonprimateevolution,shedecidedtodiscusstheevolutionofskincolor,butwhenshewentthroughtheliteratureonthesubjectshewasdismayed.Sometheoriesadvancedbeforethe1970stendedtoberacist,andotherswerelessthanconvincing.Whiteskin,forexample,wasreportedtobemoreresistanttocoldweather,althoughgroupslikethelnuit(Eskimos)arebothdarkandparticaularlyresistanttocold.