The best evidence available today indicates that this is simply false. A recent systematic literature review of Africans’ performance on IQ tests other than Raven’s Progressive Matrices finds an average IQ of around 82. An analogous review of results from Africans who took the Raven’s Progressive Matrices finds a similar average of about 80.
The best evidence available today indicates that this is simply false. A recent systematic literature review of Africans’ performance on IQ tests other than Raven’s Progressive Matrices finds an average IQ of around 82. An analogous review of results from Africans who took the Raven’s Progressive Matrices finds a similar average of about 80.