
The original meaning of skin colorHercules and Telephos. Fresco from Herculaneum, Museo Archeologico Nazionale. Skin color is perceived through the lens of a mental algorithm that initially arose for gender recognition. People can tell whether a face is male or female even if the image is blurred and provides no…
Peter Frost’s Newsletter

Peter Frost’s Newsletter
I have a PhD in anthropology from Université Laval. My main research interest is the role of sexual selection in shaping highly visible human traits, notably skin color, hair color, and eye color. Other research interests include gene-culture coevolution.
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