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I don't understand. Europe is pretty much the same latitudes, but people lived there for millennias.
by deepsun 4y ago
I don't understand. Europe is pretty much the same latitudes, but people lived there for millennias.
- sharatvir 4y agopeople are indoors during peak sunlight hours far more than ever in the last 100 years
- hirvi74 4y agoMaybe Europeans, on average, walk around more? In my experience, much of the North America is far too sprawled out to make walking viable for a vast majority of people.
- rr888 4y agoMost people worked outside in the fields for half the year and/or died in their 20s and 30s.
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- uoaei 4y agoCommon misconception. In fact, the population barycenter of the US is further south than Athens, Greece, and lies about halfway between the Strait of Gibraltar and Lisbon, Portugal.
- deepsun 4y agoEven more then.
- DrThunder 4y agoPossibly better food supply? They're also lighter skinned on average than the US. Your skin color makes a difference in absorption. Native European's skin evolved lighter for a reason, and that was to absorb more of the sun's benefits in a cloudier climate. The opposite is true for dark-skinned individuals; they do better in sunnier hot climates because their skin protects them from over-exposure.
- lemmiwinks 4y agoNo? Madrid is about the same latitude as NYC. Paris is significally to the north of Montreal. London is about the same latitude as Calgary.
- deepsun 4y agoEven more then. They should suffer from Vitamin D deficiency way more then, but we've been living there for tens of thousands of years.