People are often told not to talk about race and gender in public.
That, according to University of Notre Dame professor Agustin Fuentes, provides fertile ground for myths that science long ago debunked.
Those myths include the belief that there are biologically distinct racial groups, that men are naturally aggressive or that there are significant biological differences between men and women that explain how the two genders respond to certain situations.
Fuentes brings science, history, culture and anthropology together to explode these myths in his latest book, "Race, Monogamy and Other Lies They Told You: Busting Myths About Human Nature."
Fuentes cites studies in recent years that refute popularly held beliefs about the differences between the male and female brain.
The racial myths might be the easiest to debunk because scientists have long noted that racial distinctions based on skin color, hair texture and other characteristics have no biological basis.
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