Average Senegalese Phenotype

[GiCa]

SENEGAL

[Morena]

He looks a lot like a black American with little Euro admixture.

[GiCa]

i think he s one of the blackest skin in africa based on my morphs..

it's strange as Senegal is at much higher latitude than nigeria or ghana.. ??

[Morena]

I think people underestimate sexual selection when it comes to such things. Yes, latitude is important, but ultimately, it also comes down to whether or not a particular look is fancied by that group of people.

[GiCa]

I think people underestimate sexual selection when it comes to such things. Yes, latitude is important, but ultimately, it also comes down to whether or not a particular look is fancied by that group of people.

so it could be senegalese women favour darker skin?

[Gaston]

Senegalese (Wolofs at least) are indeed usually very dark skinned. What separates them from Nigeria for instance is that Senegal doesn't have thick tropical or equatorial [rain] forests. Senegal is mostly sahel, savannah, swamps and small forests.

[Morena]

Maybe the other way around, depending on how mating was done. Some tribes leave it up to the women, others up to the male, and then there are those who practice betrothal. In that case, the parents will select what they think are the best traits based on the parents of their future in-law.

[Gaston]

I think people underestimate sexual selection when it comes to such things. Yes, latitude is important, but ultimately, it also comes down to whether or not a particular look is fancied by that group of people.

Sure, but traits that are detrimental to survival are outbred quickly. It might not be a shock that Igbo people can be very light-skinned sometimes, the environment allowing sexual selection to happen in this direction.

[GiCa]

Sure, but traits that are detrimental to survival are outbred quickly. It might not be a shock that Igbo people can be very light-skinned sometimes, the environment allowing sexual selection to happen in this direction.

nigerians are one of the lightest ethnicities in subsaharian africa..
.. i've seen it with my eyes nigerians of more brown than black/ebony skins.. i've never seen a nigerian with ebony skin.. they are brown skinned

[blubb]

As to why Nigeria isn't that pitch black, let me post these again





Considering overall irradiation, some places in Coastal Nigeria are on the level of Northern Italy, and if we look at direct insolation only, on par with places in Scotland! So they gotta get dat Vitamin D somehow