Scientists said Thursday that they had discovered a tiny genetic mutation that largely explains the first appearance of white skin in humans tens of thousands of years ago, a finding that helps solve one of biology’s most enduring mysteries and illuminates one of humanity’s greatest sources of strife.
The work suggests that the skin-whitening mutation occurred by chance in a single individual after the first human exodus from Africa, when all people were brown-skinned.
That person’s offspring apparently thrived as humans moved northward into what is now Europe, helping to give rise to the lightest of the world’s races. …
The newly found mutation involves a change of just one letter of DNA code out of the 3.1 billion letters in the human genome—the complete instructions for making a human being.
“It’s a major finding in a very sensitive area,” said Stephen Oppenheimer, an expert in anthropological genetics at Oxford University who was not involved in the work. “Almost all the differences used to differentiate populations from around the world really are skin-deep.” …
The discovery, described in today’s issue of the journal Science, was an unexpected outgrowth of studies that study leader Keith Cheng and his colleagues were conducting on inch-long zebrafish, which are popular research tools for geneticists and developmental biologists.
Having identified a gene that, when mutated, interferes with its ability to make its characteristic black stripes, the team scanned human DNA databases to see if a similar gene resides in people.
To their surprise, they found virtually identical pigment-building genes in humans, chickens, dogs, cows and many other species, an indication of its biological value.
They got a bigger surprise when they looked in a new database comparing the genomes of four of the world’s major racial groups. That showed that whites with Northern and Western European ancestry have a mutated version of the gene.
So, what does this mean? It strikes a blow into everyone, from the racist white right to the black nationalist left, who seeks to elevate one race over another. In short, we are all ******* now.
But here’s a thought. If white people came from black people, and black people were the first people on Earth, and God made man in His image, then God is black. Chew on that one for a while.
2006-06-28 04:33:52
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answered by Black 3
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Seriously, white people came about the same way that any other color of person came about. If you have a group of people (say in europe) that are confined to a small area, then certain genetic traits will become common, such as skin color. And, think about it this way. White people come from Europe and some parts of Asia. This area is in the north and the people tended to stay inside more because of the cold. So, they didn't need as much protection from the sun. Now, look at where the darkest skinned people come from. They generally come from places very close to the Equator. Not only is it hotter there, but also more direct sun rays. These people needed more protection from the sun, so they ended up with darker skin.
2006-06-28 00:07:37
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answered by q2003 4
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We evolved lighter skin when Humans moved North and South of the equator. The lighter skin is better at letting UV light through to the Vitamin D an Vitamin B producing cells of the skin.
Yes, Human skin is an organ. Yes, it produces Vitamin D and Vitamin B.
If you took a very dark skinned modern African to live in Scandanavia he would eventually wind up in very poor health if it were not for modern vitamins and medicine.
2006-06-28 00:09:15
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answered by manofadvntr 5
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Mars had a cosmic disaster and was knoked out of Orbit,loosing its atmosphere and everything died.
just before this happened some of a Marsian race called Nordics and the Anunaki managed to escape and they came here ,about 300.000 years ago
the oldest Anunaki activity was in Zimbabwe,meaning deep deposits ,refering to the gold mines.
Ancient extraterestrial wars in India,and Babylon also mention their name.and it is suspected that they were behind the Egyptian and Central American culture as well as in China.
because the Anunaki were a reptilian race and all of these cultures and many others have reptiles in the stories of their origen.
even the oldest part of our brain is the reptilian brain.
check how many people talk about dragons or serpants ,the fire breathing dragon .being symbolic of a reptilian warrior with energy weapons
the nordics were blond or red hair with blue or green eyes
the illuminati are some of these descendants.with some Anunaki blood thrown in
and the Adams race which was cloned and genetically engeneered ,as a slave race to mine gold for them is our ancestry ,
and god was not involved
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the only and closest Gods that concern us are the Earth itself and her intelligence (we being the bugs on her surface) called Gaia ,
and the Sun,without whose light and warmth we would not live and grow.
it has recently been discovered that sun spot activity directly relates ,to mayor human events.
a Godly performance.
this can all be verified on the web.
www.infowars.the biggest secret by David Icke,Bloodlines of the Illuminati.
AnunakiPDF.
2006-06-28 00:25:09
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answered by Anonymous
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All people came from the same place. There is only one breed of humans. The so called "races" are based on minor visual differences and are not even consistant. In other words, many "black" people will be more genetically similar to some other "white" people than they would be to some other "black" people. We group the races based on arbitrary easy to see differences like skin color. People would line up in different races if we based it on something like gastro-intestinal similarities.
2006-06-28 00:06:33
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answered by enginerd 6
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Northern Europe.
2006-06-28 00:06:56
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answered by Marcus R. 6
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Caucasus Mountains
2006-06-28 00:04:55
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answered by C-Love 1
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When our ancestors moved out of Africa, some went north and some stayed where they were. Those who stayed developed black pigmentation to protect them from the everpresent sun. Those who went north where it was cold and gray most of the time lost their pigmentation and turned pink (not really white) from all the sunless days they had to endure. Think of your own skin. In the summer you get brown, then in winter you turn a pasty cream-colored.
2006-06-28 00:07:25
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answered by Pandak 5
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Ireland
2006-06-28 00:09:17
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answered by lucasone 4
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They come from Europe and central Asia in thousand year ago.Later they spread to other in year of different century to other new land like mayflower that settled in new land and expand then became into a new country that stretch from east to west which is now USA.I'm not sure where they come from but hope this help you as explanation.
2006-06-28 00:12:08
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answered by John 2
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