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White Europeans evolved only ‘5,500 years ago’
The Sunday Times ^ | August 30, 2009 | Jonathan Leake

Posted on 08/30/2009 10:40:35 AM PDT by decimon

White Europeans could have evolved as recently as 5,500 years ago, according to research which suggests that the early humans who populated Britain and Scandinavia had dark skins for millenniums.

It was only when early humans gave up hunter-gathering and switched to farming about 5,500 years ago that white skin began to be favoured, say the researchers.

This is because farmed food was deficient in vitamin D, a vital nutrient. Humans can make this in their skin when exposed to sunlight, but dark skin is much less efficient at it.

In places such as northern Europe, where sunlight levels are low, the ability to make vitamin D more efficiently could have been crucial to survival.

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Health/Medicine; History; Science
KEYWORDS: agriculture; animalhusbandry; aryaninvasion; aryans; europe; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; huntergatherers; indusvalley; indusvalleyscript; savedthebestforlast; vitamind; worldhistory
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To: Nikas777

I read somewhere that skeletal features can be plastic to a degree. I.e. that people with certain skeletal features and presuambly other physical features, can morph over time depending on the climate.

This was used to explain the decidedly un-Indian appearance of Kennewic (spelling?) man, although in in that case, I think the jury is still out about European and African migrants reaching the Americas along with Asian immigrants.

North American Native Americans look more “Asian” and even, in some cases, more “European” while some South American Native Americans look slightly African.


141 posted on 09/01/2009 7:11:44 AM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: ZULU
That is true. I think I read that when the British took over asian colonies they took in a massive starch diet (rice) which changed their facial appearance, especially their teeth.

I think I read that in Penguin's "History of the World"?

142 posted on 09/01/2009 7:17:19 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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To: ZULU
Two theories regarding Caucasian facial features of early Native Americans - Ice age travels across the North Atlantic or Caucasians and Mongoloid stocks both crossed the Bearing land bride at the same time.

DNA evidence only shows Mongoloid stock so if it did happen there was limited inter-mixing.

143 posted on 09/01/2009 7:20:28 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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To: Nikas777

The mtDNA cheerleaders overstate their claims, at best. :’)


144 posted on 09/01/2009 4:24:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Nikas777

145 posted on 09/01/2009 4:44:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Why Did People Become White?
Live Science | 9/2/2009 | Heather Whipps
Posted on 09/02/2009 12:47:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2330633/posts

...and yet...

The Mystery Behind the 5,000 Year Old Tarim Mummies
Environmental Graffiti | 31 Aug 2009 | EG
Posted on 08/31/2009 2:18:47 PM PDT by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2328876/posts


146 posted on 09/02/2009 8:16:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: decimon

Milleniums in not in my 1936 Websters.


147 posted on 09/05/2009 5:55:52 PM PDT by Lynne
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To: decimon
White Europeans could have evolved as recently as 5,500 years ago, according to research which suggests that the early humans who populated Britain and Scandinavia had dark skins for millenniums.

Shouldn't that be "millennia"?
148 posted on 10/28/2009 2:53:13 AM PDT by rmlew (Democracy tends to ignore..., threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed)
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To: rmlew
Shouldn't that be "millennia"?

That was covered too well over the course of the thread.

149 posted on 10/28/2009 3:10:11 AM PDT by decimon
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To: SIDENET
"Whitey stole Europe, too?

LOL, good one! Horrible whitey stole everything! The root of all EVIL!

150 posted on 10/28/2009 3:29:22 AM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: decimon

My latest blood tests revealed I am low on Vit D

....will I devolve ?


151 posted on 04/06/2014 2:41:35 PM PDT by Einherjar
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