Welcome to a brand new episode of pplpod! This week, we dive deep into one of the most pivotal scientific papers in evolutionary biology: American evolutionary biologist Richard Lewontin's 1972 landmark study, "The Apportionment of Human Diversity".

Did you know that 85.4% of human genetic variation is found within local populations, while only 6.3% accounts for traditional racial classifications? We explore how Lewontin used statistical analysis and 17 indirect markers, such as blood group proteins, to revolutionize our understanding of human genetic diversity and fundamentally contribute to the abandonment of race as a scientific concept.

In this episode, we unpack:

• The Background: The 1960s scientific debates between anthropologists like Frank B. Livingstone, wh ...