Benefits & Risks of UV Radiation & Sunlight, Skin Health, Vitamin D, Nitric Oxide, Evolution of Skin Color | Richard Weller | 104
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The Evolution of Human Skin
Dermatologist Ener Jablonski talks about the structure and function of human skin. He says we evolved for a particular ecological niche in East Africa, Ethiopia around 200,000 years ago. Sweating is the mark of man and woman - that allows us to shed heat. We also developed dark skin as protection against UV in Africa. But when you shed your fur, you shed your protection from UV. And that has led to various evolutionary adaptations,. which are also the mark ofMan.
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