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		Gormo on Dec 14, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are Europeans the whitest people on the planet... How does this hypothesis explain pale skin coupled with dark hair, i.e. the typical Mediterranean phenotype.

astine on Dec 15, 2009 | [–]

Mediterraneans aren't very 'pale-skinned.' They have a lot more melanin than you find in say, Sweden.

mitko on Dec 15, 2009 | | [–]

Right! For example, people in Sicily have darker skin.

tfh on Dec 14, 2009 | [–]

may be people around the mediterranean used to eat more fish. the same goes for the japanese phenotype.

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