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Race is obviously real—historically, socially, politically. What about biologically? We explore biological facts about race and their implications. What’s the relationship between color and race? Are human races subspecies of homo sapiens? Is race a “natural kind?” How to form a coherent theory of race?

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Closer To Truth host Robert Lawrence Kuhn takes viewers on an intriguing global journey into cutting-edge labs, magnificent libraries, hidden gardens, and revered sanctuaries in order to discover state-of-the-art ideas and make them real and relevant.

Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.

00:00 Introduction: Examining the concept of race through biological, historical, and social perspectives
1:37 Interview with Quayshawn Spencer
4:11: Critique of race as a natural kind in science and philosophy
7:28 Interview with Joshua Swamidass
7:41: Race as a biological concept is not supported by genetics in humans, unlike in other species
10:52: Genetic homogeneity challenges the concept of race as a biological reality, impacting healthcare and societal perceptions
11:29 Race as a designator
12:06 Interview with Massimo Pigliucci
14:45: Biological perspective challenges existence of human races based on superficial differences like skin color
15:29 Interview with Alex Rosenberg
18:44 Interview with Quayshawn Spencer
8:48: Exploration of the concept of natural classifications and genuine kinds in science
22:31: Debating the biological reality of race and exploring the concept of pluralism
24:44 Outro