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Re: DISCOVER/Neanderthal/Homo Sap.
Bearcat (bcat@netcom.com)
Fri, 15 Sep 1995 20:11:55 GMT
Robert Newshutz (newshutz@charlie.rchland.ibm.com) wrote:
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: |> : > In any event, there is no satisfactory explanation, that I
: |> : > have heard, as to why Europeans developed blond hair, for
: |> : > example, while Asians in northern climes did not.
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: |> : Have you ever lived in northern Europe? You can go months
: |> : without seeing the sun. Personal experience, Hamburg Germany
: |> : Nov. 69 through jan 70 also the whole month of July 70.
: |> : Is that true in northern Asia?
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: |> Melanin: Use it or lose it? :)
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: No, Vitamin D, make it or get ricketts.
I always accepted this explanation until a study came out that showed
very dark-skinned people have no more trouble synthesizing Vitamin D
than light-skinned people. Unfortunately, I didn't get a citation for
that. Has anyone else heard of this, or know where it might be publised?
- Bearcat
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