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> a major reason how different human populations around the world became so different looking in such a short time. Is it true? Any link for this?
by jmmcd 7y ago
> a major reason how different human populations around the world became so different looking in such a short time.
Is it true? Any link for this?
- qwerty9876 7y agoYes, e.g light eyes and light hair in Europeans comes from the neanderthals. https://www.eupedia.com/europe/neanderthal_facts_and_myths.shtml#genes https://www.eupedia.com/europe/neanderthal_facts_and_myths.s... "According to the Canadian anthropologist Peter Frost, the current level of hair colour diversity in Europe would have taken 850,000 years to develop, while Homo sapiens has been in Europe no longer than 45,000 years. This is evidence enough that genes for fair hair were inherited from interbreeding with Neanderthals."
- Symmetry 7y agoGenes from Dennisovans, which had been living in Tibet for a very long time, are also why modern Tibetans are better adapted to high altitudes than other homo sapiens groups living in similar conditions. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/07/tibetans-inherited-high-altitude-gene-ancient-human https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/07/tibetans-inherited-h...