2. How does folate deficiency exert enough evolutionary pressure to account for darker skin in humans?

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1. How does skin cancer not exert enough evolutionary pressure to account for
darker skin in humans?
2. How does folate deficiency exert enough evolutionary pressure to account for
darker skin in humans?
3. What is one indispensable function of UVB rays in the human body? How does this
exert evolutionary pressure on human skin color?
4. Briefly describe the 2 reasons why the Inuit people exhibit somewhat darker skin
levels than would be predicted given the UV levels at their latitude.
5. What theory do the authors propose for why women generally have lighter skin
than men?
6. Briefly explain why skin color is described as "one of the least useful
characteristics in determining the evolutionary relations between human groups"?
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Transcribed Image Text:1. How does skin cancer not exert enough evolutionary pressure to account for darker skin in humans? 2. How does folate deficiency exert enough evolutionary pressure to account for darker skin in humans? 3. What is one indispensable function of UVB rays in the human body? How does this exert evolutionary pressure on human skin color? 4. Briefly describe the 2 reasons why the Inuit people exhibit somewhat darker skin levels than would be predicted given the UV levels at their latitude. 5. What theory do the authors propose for why women generally have lighter skin than men? 6. Briefly explain why skin color is described as "one of the least useful characteristics in determining the evolutionary relations between human groups"? The It W E Y U de S G H K re s lock C .?123 .?123 >
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