The Nature, Biology and Genetics of Intersex - An interview with Dr. Elof Axel Carlson

Dr. Elof Axel Carlson is a Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University. A geneticist and historian of science, he is author of 'The 7 Sexes'. (from Amazon) "Few of us know much about the biology of sex determination, but what could be more interesting than to discover how we are shaped into males and females? In his book, Elof Carlson tells the incredible story of the difficult quest to understand how the body forms girls and boys. Carlson’s history takes us from antiquity to the present day to detail how each component of human reproduction and sexuality was identified and studied, how this knowledge enlarged our understanding of sex determination, and how it was employed to interpret such little understood aspects of human biology as the origin of intersex births."
This video is a collection of edited excerpts from a long distance interview in July 2013. Dr. Carlson was kind enough to provide me with a preliminary interview to help us promote and raise funds for 'Born Between', the feature documentary film in development. Born Between will research and examine variations in human sexual development around the world. Please visit BornBetween.com to participate, provide feedback or contribute. Includes links to our Facebook, Twitter and You Tube channel.