were africans ever white?

Question

did africans start as white?
And the sun turned them black over 100's of years?

Answer 1

does it matter we are all people and should be loved the same

Answer 2

I think they probably were once upon a time, when the climate was different. The Bushman people for example who live in cooler climates in South Africa have a tan color, and the Bushman people are some of the first known homo sapiens we know about. Climate does dictate skin pigment. It may be true skin color changed after leaving Africa due to Neanderthall dna. It seems like the hoter the climate is, the darker the skin will be. So, in cases like the Bushman people, they're not living in a hot enough climate for their skin to be that dark, so they're kind of a tan color. 195,000 years ago when the first homo sapiens arrived in Africa, its clear the climate would have been far different, so the people on the continent may have had many different pigments. Looking at the human population today however, most of the people on the planet are a tan color so maybe the first homo sapiens were tan. Antartica might have even been habitable back then. I think This is way off topic but have you guys ever heard of the theory that homo sapiens came from Antartica? Because they found ancient bones in south america also, that are older than the ones in Africa. Anthropology ignores it though, because they don't like the idea of modern humans being ten times older than previously thought. I think its interesting. So, homo sapiens might have come from Antartica and traveled through Africa and South America around the same time spreading their pyramid culture. I watched a video on youtube, about this. This also opens up the possibility homo sapiens might be far older than we ever knew, if there really are homo sapien remains on Antartica. But yeah, homo sapiens have been around a very long time, who knows what pigment they were and when. Probably everything above, Neanderthals living in the icy forests in Europe, the middle east, and asia were likely fair skinned, and some of them moved back to Africa and interbred with the humans there. But I think we mostly only inherited their straight or wavy hair, because the skin tone will change over time but the hair I think is inherited. I'm not exactly sure why most people on the planet inherited the straight or wavey hair though, since curly hair is dominant. Thats a mystery. But anyway, the first climate humans lived in, the skin color probably varied. Just assuming the first humans didn't move around alot and lived in the jungle they probably were a dark tan color like the indiginous indians in south america. But who knows, maybe the first ones lived in the icy cold forests and were fair skinned. Seems to me that it might have been ideal for humans to be a tan color, most of the people on the planet today are a strong tan color, but the skin pigment probably changed over time due to the climate they inhabited. If we keep staying indoors our skin pigment will become vampire ;D in many years.

Answer 3

No. African were always black. The sun doesn't bake people. People that migrated from Africa turned white because of mutations in DNA. National Geographic has all the DNA studies that I based this on, so don't call me a liar until you look. People who are white naturally have more mutation than black people, leading me to believe black is the least mutated form. Please don't flame me for this.

Answer 4

no, oldest human bones where found in africa so all people came from africans. they always had dark skin 2 protect them from the hot african sun. if they started off white they would have all got skin cancer and died. y don't you try standing out in the sun for many days and see if you turn black?

Answer 5

Some Africans are white, now.

Answer 6

It may be more likely that today's white population are sun bleached descendants from Africans.

Answer 7

According to Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, authority on human evolution it was the other way around, Cereal-eating inhabitants of colder northern climates developed lighter skin color to absorb more vitamin D from the sun in order to compensate their poor diet.

Answer 8

The difference in peoples is most likely due to the harmones in the meat that was avalible and was eaten over the century's

Answer 9

No, Human beings started out in Africa and were probably dark skinned, but developed light skin as they moved into Europe.

Answer 10

no,white people started black,because humans originated somewhere in ethiopia highlands,due to migration,mutation and mix of genetics,they ended up being white.

Answer 11

All babies, when they are born, are white or blue when they are born. As they grow, the content of melonin pigments in their skin determines what "color" they will be.