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Gods of the Upper Air

12 min read 16 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

How a circle of renegade anthropologists, led by Franz Boas, dismantled myths of race and gender, proving culture—not biology—shapes who we are.

You’ll learn

  • Culture, not biology, explains human diversity
  • Adolescence is not universally turbulent
  • What's 'normal' varies across cultures
  • Race is a social fiction, not a biological fact