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Heroes Community > Other Side of the Monitor > Thread: Prejudice Must End
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TheDeath
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posted June 17, 2009 04:59 AM

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There is less Sunlight, so the people there that were or are living need lighter skin colors (Especially White) to absorb more sunlight
You fail biology forever.
Light absorption is physics mvass, not biology

But seriously, why is black skin where there's more sunlight? To heat them up more? Isn't it a bit illogical? I mean shouldn't people in cold areas be black to absorb more light (so better for body temperature) and those at the equator be white to reflect more light (so they don't overheat above normal body temperature)? Kinda like the opposite?
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Corribus
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posted June 17, 2009 05:07 AM

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But seriously, why is black skin where there's more sunlight? To heat them up more? Isn't it a bit illogical? I mean shouldn't people in cold areas be black to absorb more light (so better for body temperature) and those at the equator be white to reflect more light (so they don't overheat above normal body temperature)? Kinda like the opposite?

If you were in the arctic and had enough skin exposed to actually generate any heat dissipation via sunlight, the amount of warming would be far surpassed by the heat lost due to the frigid air.    

Similar argument for warming effect in hot climates due to darker skin.  

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Rarensu
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posted June 17, 2009 06:01 AM

It's not actually about absorption; as pointed out, black absorbs better and white reflects better. It's really about penetration. Vitamin D is not produced in the top layer of skin, it's produced in the bottom layer of skin. In order for northern latitude humans to produce adequate Vitamin D, they have to have light skin so that the sunlight penetrates deeper into the skin so that more of it can be used to make Vitamin D.
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mvassilev
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posted June 17, 2009 06:38 AM

That's an interesting idea. Also, protection from sunburns - people who lived further north didn't need it as much.
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Rarensu
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posted June 17, 2009 07:37 AM
Edited by Rarensu at 07:38, 17 Jun 2009.

Exactly! Sunburns aren't caused by surface heat, they're caused by damage done to DNA by UV in the deep layers of skin. Black skin gets hotter, but the DNA is safe and that's all that matters.
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