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Skin deep

Broadcast: Midmorning, 04/09/2007, 10:00 a.m.

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An anthropologist examines the surprising history of skin. She describes the role the epidermis has played in human evolution.

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  • Nina Jablonski: Author of "Skin: A Natural History," and head of the anthropology department at Penn State University.

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