Humans Didn't Evolve Light Skin For The Reason You Think

Описание: Turns out... our biology textbooks might need an update.

New research about ancient Europeans suggests that light skin didn't evolve in response to living in Europe where there was less sunlight. Light skin seems to have actually evolved in response to agriculture and farming, which made our diets deficient in Vitamin D.

Key Takeaways:
✅ Light skin didn't evolve in response to less sunlight, but in response to changing diets and the introduction of agriculture
✅ We know this because light skin first appeared at around the same time we see the first evidence of farming in Europe, around 20,000-30,000 years after the ancestors of modern-day Europeans arrived
✅ Up until about 8,000 years ago, Europeans have dark skin, meaning blue eyes evolved before light skin did

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