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After studying Dr: Diop, Richard King, Ann Brown, Carol Barnes, Obegna, and many other great scholars and ancestors, I still don’t understand the scientific or archaeological reasoning for SOME (key word) out of Afrika theories/models.
How would loosing dark pigment eumelanin and gaining light pigmented phenomenal be advantageous to Afrikans during the Würm ice age? A process that through evolution (an asiatics theory with no evidence backing), turned our ancestors into Eurasians. This goes against all laws I know of that darker colors retain (absorb) heat more than lighter colors.
Any thoughts, I welcome critique.
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I thought it had to do with amount of sun available which helps the body produce Vitamin D. There was less sun in the north. Will have to do a little more reading and get back. Good topic
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@agya_kwaku is spot on. The advantage of Eumelanin is that it protects us from the damages of ultraviolet radiation, this is why we have a lower risk of skin cancer. On the flip side, since we’re rich with melanin we are not making as much vitamin D, hence the advantage of pheomelanin in the Northern hemisphere.
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