Templer's most recent studies focused onrace and intelligence and he spoke on the subject at white nationalistAmerican Renaissance conferences.[2] Templer and Hiroko Arikawa argued in a 2006 study that colder climates favor higher IQs because it is more difficult to live in such areas.[6][7] Templer described "race realists" as modern-day Galileos, and argued that the compensated sterilization of welfare recipients would be cost saving, and prevent "burdens" on society.[2]
On 17 June 2020, publisherElsevier announced it was retracting an article that Templer andJ. Philippe Rushton had published in 2012 in the Elsevier journalPersonality and Individual Differences.[1][8] The article claimed that there was scientific evidence that skin color was related to aggression and sexuality in humans.[9][8]
In 2002, he published the bookIs Size Important?, which focuses on variations inhuman penis size and preferences for penises of certain sizes. He appeared onthe Howard Stern Show to discuss this subject in 2007, where Stern referred to him as "Dr. Penis".[10]
