SkinsTerps26 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/12/18/turning.white.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Disorder turning anchor's skin from black to white DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- Lee Thomas' skin is betraying him. Lee Thomas uses creams and makeup to cover his growing patches of colorless skin. His once brown, even complexion is now mottled with pale patches around his eyes and mouth, along his nose and on his ears; his arms, shoulders and chest are speckled and blotched. "I'm a black man turning white on television and people can see it," says Thomas, an anchor and entertainment reporter for the local Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate. "If you've watched me over the years, you've seen my hands completely change from brown to white." Thomas has vitiligo, a disorder in which pigment-making cells are destroyed. White patches appear on different parts of the body, tissues in the mouth and nose, and the retina. "There is no cause. There is no cure, and it's very random," Thomas says. "I could turn all the way white or mostly white." As many as 65 million people worldwide have the disorder, including up to 2 million in the United States. click link to continue reading All Michael Jackson jokes aside, is this most likely how white people came to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulane Skins Fan Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Is that a real question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 You aren't serious are you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsTerps26 Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 No im not that serious, but couldn't this just be an explanation as to how anatomically modern humans (homo sapiens), which first appeared in africa, could develop fair skin... and later through genetic isolation and breeding of these pairs, end up with morphologically altered, fair-skinned homo sapiens How else would you explain the out of africa theory and account for the differences in skin color among different people? If someone has the answer i'd be happy to listen to it. We are talking about 130,000+ of genetic changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGreenistheBest Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Vitiligo causes the pigment cells to be destroyed, returning the skin to a pigment-free color. White people have functioning pigment cells. So no, this is not how white people became white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Vitiligo causes the pigment cells to be destroyed, returning the skin to a pigment-free color. White people have functioning pigment cells. So no, this is not how white people became white. My thoughts exactly. Glad we were able to clear that up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 All Michael Jackson jokes aside, is this most likely how white people came to be? Well, that was the dumb question of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 The only way to learn is to ask... so it's not a dumb question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 White people gradually became white so that they could absorb more UV radiation and produce vitamin D in the northern latitudes where the sun is weak and winter is long. Dark skin means more bone disease and rickets if you live in those latitudes. However, near the equator where the sun is fierce, protection from excessive UV radiation is needed, so skin remained dark there. Basic natural selection at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 White people gradually became white so that they could absorb more UV radiation and produce vitamin D in the northern latitudes where the sun is weak and winter is long. Dark skin means more bone disease and rickets if you live in those latitudes.However, near the equator where the sun is fierce, protection from excessive UV radiation is needed, so skin remained dark there. Basic natural selection at work. Nice "theory" predicto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 The only way to learn is to ask...so it's not a dumb question. Oh boy, are you a believer in "no such thing as a dumb question?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuraitengai Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 White people gradually became white so that they could absorb more UV radiation and produce vitamin D in the northern latitudes where the sun is weak and winter is long. Dark skin means more bone disease and rickets if you live in those latitudes.However, near the equator where the sun is fierce, protection from excessive UV radiation is needed, so skin remained dark there. Basic natural selection at work. they did a show a few years back on tlc or discovery called 'the real eve' or something like that. and they explained that in depth. they tracked the migratory patterns from africa up through egypt where it split east to asia and west to europe, then eventually the americas. but the thoughts for different skin colors was exactly that. the body adapted to the weaker UV radiation in the northern latitudes by becoming lighter. seems like a plausible theory to me. i guess we could test it if we had someone who could live for a couple hundred years and could track two white people from canada or iceland who have been transplanted to an island in the caribbean and see what effect it has on their skin tone through the generations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Oh boy, are you a believer in "no such thing as a dumb question?" ... only dumb people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Oh boy, are you a believer in "no such thing as a dumb question?" Not totally. the OP is 23 years old. You expect them to know everything at that age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Well, that was the dumb question of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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