humans turning from their original color to negro is not evolution. it's adaption to the sun's rays, and it didnt take very long for the skin to change colors.
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Does anyone even really know what the "original" human skin color was to begin with?
Probably hard to tell, what with all the hair.
Evolution IS adaptation foo!
Also, it is quite likely that the original humans were dark skinned. Suck on that!
I'm not 100% sure, but I think that early homo sapiens were dark-skinned. It makes sense since they originated in Africa. White skin is an adaptation to increase vitamin D production in areas with less available sunlight. Conversely, darker skin is an advantage to those in sunnier areas, where vitamin D isn't so much of a worry as skin cancer/sunburn. Which is why peoples of the Pacific have darker skin, when their ancestors came from SE Asia.
Oh, and Lord Drizzt, as everyone else has pointed out. Adaptation to the sun's rays, would be what we call- evolution. So you're one of us.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drizzt
Drizzt Do'Urden was a character I had all but forgotten about (no pun intended) from the Forgotten Realms books.
I read the Dark Elf Trillogy when I was ... 15 or 16 I think. He was exiled from his society when he was found to have sympathy, and not judge based on race.
I also find this guy's use of the name Drizzt very ironic ... especially since he was basically an evolution of the dark elves. He forced himself to go out to the surface, where he adapted to the conditions of lots of light.
"Original color?" Why where does this idea come from? I hate to break it to you but the majority of the people in this world are not, in fact, white.
And, erm, wouldn't "adaption to the sun's rays" be evolution?
Confused?
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