Skin Color Explained

[Luxman]

Looking At This Map For 5 Seconds Will Change How You Think About Race

As it turns out, skin color is almost completely a function of how much UV sunlight an ethnic group receives in the fall. More sunlight means darker skin. (Check out this paper by anthropologist George Chaplin for more details.)

Which is why a lot of the traditional talk about race and skin color is just plain dumb. Human beings are all one species. Move your family to a sunnier spot, and your skin will change color after a few dozen generations, too. In other words, skin color actually is just skin deep.



...and here's what the global mean temperature looks like, for comparison:

 

[288gto]

indians in north America had darker skins too, like canada

 

[Smallville22]

Looking At This Map For 5 Seconds Will Change How You Think About Race

As it turns out, skin color is almost completely a function of how much UV sunlight an ethnic group receives in the fall. More sunlight means darker skin. (Check out this paper by anthropologist George Chaplin for more details.)

Which is why a lot of the traditional talk about race and skin color is just plain dumb. Human beings are all one species. Move your family to a sunnier spot, and your skin will change color after a few dozen generations, too. In other words, skin color actually is just skin deep.



...and here's what the global mean temperature looks like, for comparison:

:goodpost:

 

[averageJoe]

It's all due to evolution. Same goes with why whites have smaller nostrils and blacks have wider nostrils, the European air and African air are very different to breathe.

 

[JaanaRuutu]

This is why i think it¨s bullshit when people try to act like white people are sooo" different from other races. It just comes down to skin color. We're all the same inside.

 

[sean miguel]

Exactly.

 

[Jeep!]

I dunno, this still doesn't explain why I can't dance.