melanin found to be superior for health

[Wrong]

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-s...toms-1.2657785

so whites are at risk of vitamin d deficiency in northern hemisphere and when moving to sunny places they are at heavy risk of skin cancer! what a superior race indeed

Nothing happened to me in these 2 places and I am pale as snow.

[Norka]

but why are inuits swarthy? They live in much colder climate than europeans.

Think Scandinavia, North France British Isles, and where my ancestors hail from the Baltic and White sea region all have higher humidity colder environments and because of this little sunlight through out the year, perfect place to adapt pale skin that does not tan. Innuits hail from more continental and drier cold environments with little cloud cover therefor more sunlight. I don't know if you know this but if its snowy and sunny it can be very bright and the innuits have adapted to that. Nose wise again adapted to drier cold environs while Euros for humidity. All there is to it. I'm proud to carry white skin as my ancestors adapted to the harsh dark cold environment of North East Europe I don't see it as a curse.

Dark skinned people living in that region of the world get vitamin D deficiency and are not adapted for such cold,dark and damp environment.

[Queenmab]

As a ginger with blue eyes and shitty vision, I can confirm. XD

[revealman]

Disadvantages of light pigmentation in high sunlight environments[edit]

Fatal neural tube defect
Light-skinned people living in high sunlight environments are more susceptible to the harmful UV rays of sunlight because of the lack of melanin produced in the skin. The most common risk that comes with high exposure to sunlight is the increased risk of sunburns. This increased risk has come along with the cultural practice of sunbathing, which is popular among some human populations. This cultural practice to gain tanned skin if not regulated properly can lead to sunburn, especially among very lightly-skinned humans. The overexposure to sunlight also can lead to basal cell carcinoma, which is a common form of skin cancer.

Another health implication is the depletion of folate within the body, where the overexposure to UV light can lead to megaloblastic anemia. Folate deficiency in pregnant women can be detrimental to the health of their newborn babies in the form of neural tube defects, miscarriages, and spina bifida, a birth defect in which the backbone and spinal canal do not close before birth.[60] The peak of neural tube defect occurrences is the highest in the May–June period in the Northern Hemisphere.[3] Folate is needed for DNA replication in dividing cells and deficiency can lead to failures of normal embryogenesis and spermatogenesis.[3][13][61]

Individuals with lightly pigmented skin who are repeatedly exposed to strong UV radiation, experience faster aging of the skin, which shows in increased wrinkling and anomalies of pigmentation. Oxidative damage causes the degradation of protective tissue in the dermis, which confers the strength of the skin.[15] It has been postulated that white women may develop wrinkles faster after menopause than black women because they are more susceptible to the lifetime damage of the sun through life. Dr. Taylor, of Yale University School of Medicine, concluded that the study could not prove the findings but they suspect the underlying cause. Light-coloured skin has been suspected to be one of the contributing factors that promote wrinkling.[62][63]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_...t_environments

[revealman]

[Odin]