Why the heck are Indians darker than Saudis?

[Petalpusher]

Overall Indians are much more Onge/Papuan/Australoid+East Eurasian, than Saudis are SSA/East Africans.



Even Pakistanis are darker skin than Saudis and more exotic in regards to West Eurasians:

[Avicenna]

The Saudis have social class heirchy just like Indians , upper class are lighter whilst lower classes are darker ? Perhaps something similar along those lines ? The Saudi football team were quite dark , compare them to Indian cricket team and they are of similar pigmentation . SSA and ASI being the factors for the two .

[Oliver109]

Overall Indians are much more Onge/Papuan/Australoid+East Eurasian, than Saudis are SSA/East Africans.



Even Pakistanis are darker skin than Saudis and more exotic in regards to West Eurasians:

Well there is the fact that Saudis and Yemenis have been living in that region for a very very long time, they are pure Mediterraneans and so their ancestors have probably always lived below 30* North yet if you compare people from even northern India with Saudis the north Indians are darker and indeed the same can be said for Australian aborigines who also live at the same latitude as Egypt and the Levant.

[Applesandoranges]

Easy

Arabs are more "caucasiod" so they come off as lighter. The unmixed tribal ones especially


Indians are often around like 30% Onge(arabs are often 90% west eurasain), so they become darker

[Jingle Bell]

Because their AASI component.

Exactly, while Arabians descents mostly from Natufians & Iran N which werent Dark as AASI

[Italicus]

Australoid DNA. They are essentially part Papuan genetically.

[Roy]

It is because of their Negrito/AASI/Onge-like component in ancestry

[sailormoon]

Saudis of African origins make up an estimated 10 percent of Saudi Arabia’s population, with most Black Saudis living in the western part of the country, around Mecca.

[Thambi]

mostly genetics related. Indians on average are half AASI. decent variation in that depending on the group/region, but on average throughout the country its pretty much half. Indian skin tone is close to ethiopia, sudan I'd say. those horn africans are also similar in west eurasian percentage as indians.

[Italicus]

mostly genetics related. Indians on average are half AASI. decent variation in that depending on the group/region, but on average throughout the country its pretty much half. Indian skin tone is close to ethiopia, sudan I'd say. those horn africans are also similar in west eurasian percentage as indians.

How much Australoid do Punjabis, Jatts and Pakistanis get?