Skin color was correlated with climate

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In the Descent of Man," Charles Darwin wrote "Of all the differences between the races of men, the color of the skin is the most conspicuous and one of the best marked," yet he rejected the idea that skin color was correlated with climate. In her TED talk, Nina Jablonski exclaimed "If only Darwin had NASA!" What did she mean by this? Why does she suggest that, if he had NASA in 1871, Darwin's conclusions about skin color would have been very different?

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