Re: Hominid Altitudinal-Latitudinal Adaptations

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In article <327B4614.6F42@flmnh.ufl.edu>, Holly says...
> Also dark skin is ample protection from UV..it is doubtful that
>any hominid migrating from AFrica was anylighter than the average Africa
>of non-mixed descent.

I think that Africans who migrated to Europe needed to have a lighter skin
to absorb more efficiently the uv radiation. If not I think rickets would
have been a significant problem for their environmental adaptation.

Anton Uriarte
Department of Geography, Prehistory and Arqueology
University of the Basque Country
Spain

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