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 Hairlessness
Hairlessness evolved in parallel with dark skinnedness. Skin pigmentation is interesting and we've learned a great deal about it. One of these genetic variants is called MC1R. This is the genetic variant that leads to red hair. And if you look at genotypes around Africa and the world, there's actually been strong selective pressure to prevent the pale red gene developing in Africa. I'm not a biological infometition but this is what experts in the field say.
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