What is it that makes people skin different colors... like white skin and black skin... what's in the skin to make it that color? it does my head in trying to think of the answer
2006-11-28 04:05:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
The chemical is called melanin...
2006-11-28 04:07:36 · answer #1 · answered by George A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black people have a lot of Melanin in our skin because our ancestors were from the tropical environment of Africa. White people have very little melanin in their skin because their ancestors lived in a colder climates
2006-11-28 12:48:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's what and where you live in parts of the world. The varies shades are due to melanin... Also, If you study man and culture throughout the ages, the envirnoment made people who they are.
2006-11-28 12:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by honker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pigment, The more pigment u have the darker your skin.
2006-11-28 12:27:40 · answer #4 · answered by Wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
melanin in our skin and the envoirment that we are surrounded by.
2006-11-28 12:58:03 · answer #5 · answered by danicolegirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
melanin and location of their ancestors.
2006-11-28 12:11:20 · answer #6 · answered by israeli_stuck_in_usa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋