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Why or why not ? The biology of skin color

Why or why not ? The biology of skin color-example-1
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No

Step-by-step explanation:

No skin color is perfect in ANY environment. One of the uses of melanin (A primary skin pigment) is to absorb ultraviolet rays from the sun that initiate Vit. D production.

So an abundance of melanin is beneficial in an an environment with a large amount of sun to prevent an excess of Vit. D in the blood.

Inversely, less melanin is useful to an individual in an environment that gets little sun since there is not as much melanin to inhibit Vit. D production, and thus is less likely to have a Vit. D deficiency.

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