tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post8327582135765795693..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: When Eurasians got lighter skinDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-24292962491568635372012-08-29T15:05:41.180+03:002012-08-29T15:05:41.180+03:00Native Americans demonstrate this nicely.
How so?...<br /><i>Native Americans demonstrate this nicely.</i><br /><br />How so?Tobushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529220083970625733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-51301425032460271992012-08-28T13:45:32.196+03:002012-08-28T13:45:32.196+03:00Multiply the dates by a factor of two or so, and t...Multiply the dates by a factor of two or so, and they become more believable. <br /><br />Skin color is so highly variable and selected for - there's no reason humans stuck around tens of thousands of years with the "wrong" color (for their geography). Native Americans demonstrate this nicely.eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-27909015267130386872012-08-28T13:02:04.491+03:002012-08-28T13:02:04.491+03:00Yes, but what about when others developed 'dar...Yes, but what about when others developed 'darker' skin ??Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166839601638241857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-57363661287485175732012-08-28T12:07:47.582+03:002012-08-28T12:07:47.582+03:00Solis: "I really see no reason why humans liv...Solis: <i>"I really see no reason why humans living in the southern and central parts of Europe during the Last Glacial Period would have had brown skin instead of an olive type of skin color. Though I'm still sure they had dark hair and brown eyes."</i> <br /><br />Since the highest frequency of light eyes, hair and skin in north Africa is also where (in the Moroccan Rif) were found many "west eurasian" mtDNA haplogroups possibly having a link with Europe for a non-negligible number of them (<i>Kefi et al. 2005</i>, study about the <i>Taforalt</i> population more than 12,000 yrs ago) in populations having a Cro-magnon-like morphology (Mechtoids) and having likely a cultural link with Iberia (<i>Ibero-maurusian culture/Oranian culture</i>), present during the Paleolithic period, I definitely wouldn't want to be too sure of anything in that matter, as of now.wagghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13582568982610797947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-36880973641455483402012-08-28T01:36:57.895+03:002012-08-28T01:36:57.895+03:00Interesting.
I really see no reason why humans li...Interesting.<br /><br />I really see no reason why humans living in the southern and central parts of Europe during the Last Glacial Period would have had brown skin instead of an olive type of skin color. Though I'm still sure they had dark hair and brown eyes.<br /><br />So, this paper pushes back the appearance of really light skin to before the dawn of the Neolithic. It seems that the LGM acted as a natural selector of sorts and made humans develop lighter skin after it ended.<br /><br />It also seems that agriculture is no longer an explanation for the appearance of fair traits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com