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Individual Fellow

George Chaplin

Nationality
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States
Residencies at STIAS
2023 1st Semester 2020 1st Semester 2016 1st Semester 2014 1st Semester 2012 & Earlier
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Projects

  • Continued work on the evolution of skin colour

    While at STIAS, I plan to complete a long-standing data analysis of large bodies of archaeological, paleontological, and climatological data in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of skin colour in Homo sapiens for a joint project with Nina Jablonski.
  • The Effects of Race

    The STIAS Effects of Race project project will address major gaps in our knowledge on race thinking and racialism.

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When the rainbow melts – trying to find out why

Twenty-six years since the dawn of democracy and race is still a talking point in South African society.
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When the Rainbow Melts, Celebrate the Thoughts that Tried to Find Out Why

Panel discussion and book launch of the three STIAS volumes: Persistence of Race (2020) Race in Education (2019) The Effects of Race (2018) Twenty-six years since the dawn of democracy and race is still a talking point in parts of South African society.
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High-Dose Vitamin D3 Reduces Deficiency Caused by Low UVB Exposure and Limits HIV-1 Replication in Urban Southern Africans

Coussens, Anna K, Celeste E Naude, Rene Goliath, George Chaplin, Robert J Wilkinson, and Nina G Jablonski. 2015. High-Dose Vitamin D3 Reduces Deficiency Ca...
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Behavioral Thermoregulation in Lemur Catta: The Significance of Sunning and Huddling Behaviors

Kelley, Elizabeth A, Nina G Jablonski, George Chaplin, Robert W Sussman, and Jason M Kamilar. 2016. Behavioral Thermoregulation in Lemur Catta: The Signifi...
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Variation in skin reflectance and pigmentation genes in young adults of Xhosa and Cape Mixed ancestry from the Western Cape, South Africa

Jablonski, Nina G., Tina Lasisi, Abhimanyu Abhimanyu, Anna K. Coussens, Celeste E. Naude, George Chaplin, Laurel N. Pearson, Rene Goliath, Mark D.Shriver a...
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What do we wish to change with regard to race, racism and racialism? Fellows' Seminar by the 'Effects of Race' group

The project faces a daunting challenge.
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Celebrity culture perpetuates old stereotypes - Fellows' seminar by Nina Jablonski

The privileging of light skin colour – both between and within groups – is now recognised as one of the most lamentable cultural universals that exist, said Prof.
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STIAS Long-Term Project: Being Human Today -- The Effects of Race

Over the next five years, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation will fund seven long term STIAS research projects on selected themes.
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