Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans

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Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans

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RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans

September 21, 2012 at 7:32 am (This post was last modified: September 21, 2012 at 7:32 am by Justtristo.)

(September 21, 2012 at 1:04 am)Minimalist Wrote:
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,

Even in the rain-forest there are areas such as clearings where the sunlight has little to no difficulty penetrating to the ground.

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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 FallentoReason - September 21, 2012 at 12:28 am

RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by FallentoReason - September 21, 2012 at 12:08 am

RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Anomalocaris - September 21, 2012 at 12:40 am

RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by DeistPaladin - September 21, 2012 at 12:51 am

RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Anomalocaris - September 21, 2012 at 9:36 am

RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by DeistPaladin - September 21, 2012 at 11:15 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 FallentoReason - September 21, 2012 at 1:01 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 DeistPaladin - September 21, 2012 at 11:39 am

RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Anomalocaris - September 21, 2012 at 12:31 pm

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 Anomalocaris - September 21, 2012 at 1:22 pm

RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Minimalist - September 21, 2012 at 1:32 pm

RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by Anomalocaris - September 21, 2012 at 3:07 pm

RE: Origins of the pale skin color in Europeans - by CapnAwesome - September 21, 2012 at 1:39 pm

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