For what ever skin tone Adam and Eve had, how do we now have people of such varying skin tone?

Question

Thank you for your thoughts. They are appreciated.

Answer 1

It's easy to see how the races developed from one man and one woman.
As people spread farther out, their skin simply changed and adapted to fit wherever they lived-- for instance, people who lived closer to the equator had darker skin due to being in the sun for so much of the year. Genes mutated in certain areas, and when those mutations (for instance, Asian eyes) were seen as attractive and passed on to further generations, those people looked different than people from other places. This also has another, controversial name-- it's evolution, and whatever you believe about it it certainly happened with people and the adaptations they have made in skin color and looks in
different parts of the world.

God Bless You

Answer 2

According to the Bible, all people today descended from the survivors of a great Flood - Noah's family, who in turn descentded from Adam and Eve (Gen 1:11). There are many stories, from many parts of the world, of a great Flood that only several people survived to repopulate the earth.
But today we have many different groups, often called "races" with what seem to be greatly differing features. The most obvious of these is skin color. Some see this as a reason to doubt the Bible's record of history. They believe that the various groups could have arisen only by evolving separately over tens of thousands of years. However, this does not follow from the evidence.
The Bible tells us how the population that descended from Noah's family had one language and were living together and disobeying God's command to "fill the earth" (Gen 9:1, 11:4). God confused their language, causing a break-up of the population into smaller groups, which scattered over the earth (Gen. 11:8-9). Modern genetics shows how, following such a break-up of a population, variations in skin color, for example, can develop in only a few generations. And there is good evidence to show that the various groups of people we have today have NOT been separated for huge periods of time.
One could say there is really only one race - the human race. The Bible teaches us that God has "made from one blood all nations of men" (Acts 17:26. Scripture distinguishes people by tribal or national groupings, not by skin color or physical features. Clearly, though, there are groups of people who have certain features (e.g.skin color) in common, which distinguish them from other groups. We prefer to call these "people groups" rather than "races," to avoid the evolutionary and racist connotations that have become associated with the word "race."
All peoples can intermarry and produce fertile offspring. This shows that the biological differences between the "races" are not great. In fact, the DNA differences are trivial. The DNA of any two people in the world would typically differ by just 0.2%. Of this, only 6% can be linked to racial categories; the rest is "withinrace" variation.
This genetic unity means, for instance, that white Americans, although ostensibly far removed from black Americans in phenotype, can sometimes be better tissue matches for them than other black Americans.

Answer 3

Consider the simple Canary. Less than 100 years ago they were only yellow, but now they are in a variety of colors. Its a part of life and reproduction. What we eat, how we live, the amount of radiation we absorb, all affect our DNA, resulting in changes as time passes. Of interest, they remained the same for 1000 years after creation, and didn't begin to diverge until after the great flood. This may be a result of the planet losing the encompassing cloud cover and allowing more UV radiation in. Also, they began eating meat, whereas they were mostly vegetarians before hand. They had to cook their meat, and likely began cooking their fruits and vegetables as well. This takes a lot of nutrients out of the them, decreasing their usefulness to the human body. All these factors contribute to the changes in the human genome.

Answer 4

Sun exposure changed pigments in skin. The longer and more intense the exposure, the darker the pigmentation. After the Flood happened, the atmosphere changed. (in fact, the dinosaurs were, in theory, on the ark, but they coud not have survived under the atmosphere, and died out.) So, since the amosphere was changed, there were different pigmentations: dark for the africans, who dwelled nearer to the equator, etc. Adam and Eve were most likely white, because of their dwelling in Europe.

Answer 5

According to Genesis, Adam had a ruddy complexion. As far as other races, I give you this.The protein molecule known as melanin causes variation in tone. Melanocytes insert granules of melanin called melanosomes into the other skin cells of the human epidermis. The melanosomes in each recipient cell accumulate atop the cellular nucleus, where they protect the nuclear DNA from mutations caused by the sun's ionizing radiation. People whose ancestors lived for long periods in the regions of the globe near the Equator generally have more active melanocytes, and therefore larger quantities of melanin in their skins. This makes their skins very dark and protects them against high levels of exposure to the sun. The human body is always protecting itself from any harm which can be caused to it from the surroundings around it. The epidermis of the body, very sensitive and delicate, reacts immediately to any outside affect

Answer 6

Skin color is controlled by four genes, two dominant and two recessive. I recently saw the chart for this. We are all capable of 16 different skin tones. No more, no less. And theoretically, all of the races could be generated from the prime couple in a single generation. It probably didn't happen thatt way, but there is no reaon why it could not happen, considering the odds of natural selection.

Answer 7

Do you live in Kansas? Just asking since the State Board of Education has opposed teaching Evolution.
One theory is based upon the area climate; i.e. fair-skin, blond, blue eyed Aryans from the cold north while Negroids from the hot tropics. Validity occurs when you have dark skinned Caucasians since they evolved in warm climates.

Answer 8

Hm...most people assume that when Cain killed his brother Able, that the mark Cain was given by god was that his skin color changed in one way or another, and thats how man knew not to kill him in revenge.

But then, later on we have Noah and the Ark, and the Great Flood. The only people to survive were Noah, his wife and 3 sons, and their wives, who we assume were one color. So how did we get the variances?

Maybe the wives were of a different skin tone-- but then all the children would be mixed, and there would all be one skin tone, right?

Or, simple genetics. They each had the genes for different skin tones, and they were recessive genes, which later came out as the world population grew.

I honestly don't know, but there's a theory.

Answer 9

Ok so the way it was explained to me in genetics class was this:
It's generally believed that humans originated in Africa. But as people moved north their skin got lighter because it's neccesary in colder less sunny climates so that light can get through mothers skin to unborn babies so they would not have a vitamin D deficiency. Made sense to me.

Answer 10

well the rason why we have different skin tones is because some people were outside in the sun and were getting a tan because f the sun and some people stayed inside and so the sun was not hitting them and thats how we got our different skin tones and if you want to know why we have different laugages then ask that question and I will 4 sure answer. :-)