By protecting against cutaneous inflammation, epidermal pigmentation provided an additional advantage for ancestral humans
Abstract Pigmentation evolved in ancestral humans to protect against toxic, ultraviolet B irradiation, but the question remains: “what is being protected?” Because humans with dark pigmentation display a suite of superior epidermal functions in comparison with their more lightly pigmented counterpar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Applications |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12858 |