Scientists believe that a sudden change in the diet around that time from hunter-gathering to farming may have led to a dramatic change in skin tone to make up for a lack of vitamin D.
Farmed food is lacking in vitamin D and while humans can produce it when exposed to the ultraviolet light in sunlight darker skin is far less efficient at it.
Scientists at the University of Oslo believe this change in diet may have led to our dark-skinned ancestors evolving paler skin to overcome this problem.
The link between skin colour and Vitamin D from sunlight has been suggested before.
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If the theory is correct it would mean that until this period in history, the ancient inhabitants of Britain and Scandinavia – our ancestors – would have had a dark skin tone.
Eskimos (Inuits) are hunter-gatherers, how come they still have pale skin?
Are you being sarcastic? Inuits do not have pale skin.
Lmao! What Eskimos are you looking at? I have yet to see a pink one.
Because scientists still lie about genetic mutation from whites. Scientifically seen whites are descendants from Indian albinos. Type “indian albino”, search for the pics and you’ll be the judge of those pics.
In actuality, it was a gene mutation that caused this type of albinism. It is not environmental adaptation:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121501728.html
And this also explains the several different eye and hair colors of the english? All in 5,500years.Right.Albinism is the lack of pigmentation.