Where do the World's "whitest" people come from? (Indians, Europeans)
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Only if it can attract a mate. Fortunately there are plenty of non-redheads like myself who are quite fond of redheads of the opposite gender. I doubt that trait will be one that dies out anytime soon.
Of course, and now you are bringing sexuality into it... which is another genetic trait.
Ewww. 1990 would make him 21, right? Doesn't matter. I'm not looking. It was a harmless joke.
No, Fontucky and I are quite a ways beyond 21. 1990's when I moved from CA to VA. He's just jealous cause he had to go to a crummier older high school.
The preference for lighter skin is consistent throughout cultures and rose independently of European influence. Anthropologist believe that since working in the fields exposed one to the sun which made them darker.
Wealthier indiciduals didn't have to work in the fields and their skin didn't get as dark.
So lighter skin became a signal of wealth which is attractive across the board.
No the worship of light skin is more directly correlated to European colonization.
No the worship of light skin is more directly correlated to European colonization.
I would agree with that in the case of Africa and Latin America. Not in Asia, though. They've had those notions since long before the European showed up from afar.
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