tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post203936007535763697..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Selection in the human genome with HGDP samplesDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-31153357466431357982009-03-25T03:01:00.000+02:002009-03-25T03:01:00.000+02:00...it has always been "better" to possess a dark p...<I>...it has always been "better" to possess a dark phenotype in Africa than it is in Europe or Asia.</I><BR/><BR/>Totally in agreement. But, besides, I just happened to read <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7951331.stm" REL="nofollow">this news item on albino elephants (BBC)</A>. What called my attention was that:<BR/><BR/><I>While albinism is thought to be fairly common in Asian elephants, it is much less common in the larger African species.</I><BR/><BR/>While albinism is a extreme and always harmful case of depygmentation, the higher apparent survivality of such animals and the trait in Asia than in Africa made me think that similar factors were almost without doubt behind the variable but rather general depygmentation experienced by humans in Eurasia.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com