En este artículo revisamos críticamente algunas líneas de investigación evolutiva en el ámbito de las nociones étnico-raciales. Tras una breve presentación de las técnicas de investigación usuales en este campo, exponemos los hallazgos en torno a los siguientes aspectos: el origen y desarrollo de las preferencias raciales, la aparición de la autoidentific ación o conciencia racial, la evolución del prejuicio y, por último, el desarrollo de la noción de raza Este último aspecto está dando lugar a una activa línea de investigación, acorde con los intereses actuales de la psicología del desarrollo, cuyo objetivo es determinar si el niño pequeño dispone o no de una teoría intuitiva de la raza y, de ser así, cuál es su naturaleza. La revisión se centra fundamentalmente en la etapa de la infancia y aborda problemas teóricos o conceptuales, más que de naturaleza aplicada.
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