Changing skin color: Evolution and modern trends

Changing skin color: Evolution and modern trends

The present article reviews various evolutionary events that resulted in skin color variation among humans. Skin of the early man is presumed to be colorless as that of the chimpanzees. During the course of evolution, hairless state of skin with sweat glands would have occurred for the purpose of th...

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Main Authors: Radhakrishnan N, Vijayachandra K, Ranganathan S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2007-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dermatology
Subjects:
Cosmetics
folate
human skin color
melanotoxicity
MSH
photoprotection
tyrosinase
vitamin D<sub> 3</sub>
Online Access:http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2007;volume=52;issue=2;spage=71;epage=77;aulast=Radhakrishnan

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