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From lightest... to darkest skin thelonelyscarecrow: castiels-time-traveler: nintendocanada: mapsontheweb Map of the World by Natural Skin Color 'm really dumbfounded that i never realized skin colour is literally just caused by being closer to or farther from the equator and the resulting sun exposure and skin darkening actually, its an adaptation. natural selection. people with darker skin are darker color protects them from radiation and protects them from skin pass on that trait more people near the poles have lighter skin because it allows them absorb more of the limited sunlight to convert to vitamin d THIS IS THE THING SOME PEOPLE HATE OTHER PEOPLE OVER Evolution of melanin levels based on geographical location. Everyone needs to see this post POSTED ON SUNDAY, 13TH OF APRIL 2014 358,311 NOTES

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Should be noted that the opposite it true. People of lighter skin adapted in climates with little sunlight because lighter skin can absorb more of the suns rays to create more vitamin D. The exception is the inuit people who received their vitamin D from eating the livers of fish.

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