The DNA of Iceland's First Known Black Man, Recreated from Living Descendants

Re:The DNA of Iceland's First Known Black Man, Recreated fro... by vbuwivbiu on Saturday January 20, 2018 @03:35AM (#16192617)

here https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2015/03/13/016... lighter-skin is a very recent adaption, only 8000 years ago

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Re:The DNA of Iceland's First Known Black Man, Recreated fro... by Zenst on Saturday January 20, 2018 @03:53AM (#16192663)

I've often wondered about albino's and how they got treated in prehistory. Many got persecuted and outcast from their community and is it possible they got driven out and away from the country away and thru interbeading played a part in what we class today as lighter-skin people, who may of very well been a driven north towards Europe etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_people_with_alb...

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Re:The DNA of Iceland's First Known Black Man, Recreated fro... by sorisos on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:28AM (#16192871)

I do not think that is the case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_skin_color#Evolution_of_...

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