ANTHRO 128B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Carl Linnaeus, Biological Anthropology, Georges Cuvier
16 Sep 2017
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More direct sunlight, more melanin so darker skin tone. We don"t only produce vitamin d on our own, we can get it from the sun. If you skin is very dark and you are blocking that uv light you are likely not getting enough vitamin d. Unless you are eating foods with good vitamin d. Being able to digest lactose is dependent on your genes. Did your ancestors raise animals that produce dairy. Sin color can suggest where someone is from however, that is not true to hold today. Traits may vary biologically but does not mean its racial group. Skin color is a continuous trait so hard to divide humans up. Same thing with skin color can"t say where one race ends and one starts: hypodescent. Many people from asia do not have epicanthic eye folds but we assume all asians do have them.
