Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: July 13, 2025, 2:53 pm
Atheist Forums › Science › Life Sciences v
Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans
Minimalist Offline Donators
Go Blow Jesus Out Your Ass
*****
Religious Views: Fuck It
Posts: 69247
Threads: 3759
Joined: August 2, 2009
Reputation: 258
#12
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans
September 21, 2012 at 1:04 am
Quote:Skin color is just an adaptation to the amount of direct sunlight a given people have over time. Darker skin is more resistant to sunlight so it protects from sunburn, useful in tropical climates. Lighter skin sucks up sunlight, useful if its in short supply.


But....as logical as that sounds, people who live in the Congo Basin rain forest, where sunlight has trouble penetrating the tree canopy,

[Image: 5484216473_b02170b267.jpg]

are just as dark as people living in Sudan where there is plenty of sunlight.

[Image: 2352312688_8e16332323_o.jpg]

Perhaps they commute?
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Science › Life Sciences v
Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans

Messages In This Thread
Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Justtristo - September 20, 2012 at 11:16 pm
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Minimalist - September 21, 2012 at 12:06 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by TaraJo - September 21, 2012 at 12:23 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Justtristo - September 21, 2012 at 12:53 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Minimalist - September 21, 2012 at 12:28 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by TaraJo - September 21, 2012 at 12:41 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Minimalist - September 21, 2012 at 1:04 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Justtristo - September 21, 2012 at 7:32 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Angrboda - September 21, 2012 at 9:25 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by LastPoet - September 21, 2012 at 10:59 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Violet - September 21, 2012 at 11:35 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Minimalist - September 21, 2012 at 11:20 am
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Violet - September 21, 2012 at 12:08 pm
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Angrboda - September 21, 2012 at 12:29 pm
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by jonb - September 21, 2012 at 12:40 pm
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Minimalist - September 21, 2012 at 12:45 pm
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Violet - September 21, 2012 at 1:05 pm
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Minimalist - September 21, 2012 at 1:14 pm
RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Minimalist - September 21, 2012 at 1:32 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Climate impact of Europeans killing native Americans Anomalocaris 14 1941 February 2, 2019 at 11:00 pm
Last Post: Anomalocaris
  Origins of sex discovered: Side-by-side copulation Dolorian 4 2074 October 21, 2014 at 2:33 pm
Last Post: downbeatplumb
  Resurrected protein's clue to origins of life downbeatplumb 4 2198 August 8, 2013 at 6:43 pm
Last Post: Captain Colostomy
  Color perception arbitrary? Tea Earl Grey Hot 24 6627 July 26, 2013 at 12:34 am
Last Post: FifthElement
  The Mosaic of Human Origins pocaracas 4 3561 May 3, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Last Post: Anomalocaris
  Evolutionary Origins of Marriage Justtristo 0 1615 June 15, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Last Post: Justtristo
Video The Skin Gun Cosmic Ape 9 3671 January 28, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Last Post: Shell B
  How Skin "sees" thesummerqueen 2 1210 November 4, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Last Post: thesummerqueen
  Origins of Us BBC documentary 5thHorseman 12 6183 October 19, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Last Post: HeyItsZeus
  Vindication of the Multiregional hypothesis for human origins Justtristo 3 2464 October 3, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Last Post: Minimalist



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)