Talk:Human skin color/Archives/2009/December

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i heared...

I heared that the reason why Africans have Black/Dark brown Skin and Europeans have White-ish skin was because of genetic mutations due to the change of temperature... like when Homo Sapiens Sapiens moved out of Africa, their skin colUr changed due to the change in temperature.

It would be nice if you used real words (heared is not a word), peer-reviewed sources, and signed your comment. 74.70.29.88 (talk) 16:46, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Black skin may enhance the body’s natural immune system

Black skin may enhance the body’s natural immune system, and provide better protection against disease than white skin. Evidence shows that melanization of skin and other tissues form an important component of the innate immune defense system (Mackintosh, 2001; Nosanchuk and Casadevall, 2006). SEE FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.africaresource.com/content/view/479/236/ --70.68.179.142 (talk) 07:24, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Dead link. 74.70.29.88 (talk) 16:48, 21 December 2009 (UTC)