why is it that light skinned live in colder climate then darker skinned living in hot climate?
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My guess of why darker people prefer hot climates and light people prefer cooler climates has to do with evolution and genetics.  Pigments have evolved according to exposure to the sun - the lesser intense sun,  the lighter the pigment.  The more exposure to sun and heat,  the darker the pigment.  Darker pigments tolerate more heat and exposure.  A light-skinned person would fry much sooner in a desert than a dark-skinned person.  (Although dark skin DOES burn).  I've studied very little biology and anthropology,  so,  don't know for sure.   Humans will evolve to being all about the same color in a few million years, anyway.  Don't worry about it.
21360
The cold weather and low humidity causes skin to dry easier.  Use some lotion.
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because extreme heat is better than cold.
441627
People with lighter eye color have problems when light is very bright. ... beaches, snow fields, etc. Darker eyed people have less problems with high intensity light situations. But, all should wear sunglasses that stop UV from entering eye. UV damages nerve endings. Light colored eyes originate from northern climates where there is less light. Dark eyes originated in very intense light areas...close to equator.
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because they do not reflect the heat or light,like dark trees absorb heat and light  or white barked one ,like birch reflect the radiation or heat.\nwhite roofs are cool underneath they reflect the sun,black roofs are hot they absorb. the heat
267462
in winter  the earth is far away from the sun as  compared to summer so we receive less heat and we feel cold in winters
914931
The dark skin comes from a compound called Melanin and it is a sort of built in sun screen. Blacks are VERY rarely known to suffer from Skin Cancer but could potentially suffer from Vitaimin D deficiency without direct contact with sunlight in an an area with very little sunlight like black sailors on a submarine, blacks in arctic climates where the days are very short and majority of time is spent indoors because of the climate. Melanin historically has protected the people from damage from the suns rays.
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The color of the hair depends on the content of melanin.  The melanin content depends on the amount of sunlight falling on our skin or hair.  Hence it has to do with climate.  Hence people in cold countries have white skin, and colorless hair (blonde).  The blue eyes is because of the lack of a pigment that masks the blue layer of the Iris.  This characteristic is recessive to pigmented eyes.  Also, color depends on the amount of the pigment present.
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many cultures still see white skin or lighter skin as the defining point of beauty. In India, for example, the dowry for light skinned women is much lower than for darker skin women because the latter are harder to marry off. my wife is a darker skin Indian woman and she's beautiful inside and out and your question brings out a truth that is troublesome in our world, isn't it?\nPeace
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There was a time when people were hunter-gatherers and lived a nomadic lifestyle.  Because of this, the population spread throughout the world.  Over time, peoples' skin colors changed to adapt to the amount and intensity of the sun where they lived.   For example, people closer to the equator developed darker skin because they got a lot of sunlight and people closer to the poles developed lighter skin because they got a lot less sunlight.  That's why people have different skin colors.  \n\nWhy do people marry when we are really all distant relatives?  Well, if the Biblical accounts are to be accepted, the simple truth is that we do marry our far-distant relatives.  In fact, in the South, when a person marries, one of the questions on the marriage application is, "are you related by blood?".  It is not uncommon in that area of the country, and is allowed by law, for second cousins to marry.
73569
Migration to warmer regions. Not all of the earth was covered in ice.
535130
Dark skinned (tanned) are MUCH hotter.
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dark pigments in their skin...a genetic trait
268687
From a planet called Earth.\n\nBy the way, most human beings have been black- or dark brown-skinned for most of human history.  Genetic studies indicate that to produce a white-skinned person, for example, takes about fifteen thousand years in a colder and more importantly lower-light-intensity climactic zone.\n\nThe real question is "from what planet came on the Earth" racially bigoted persons with a disordered sense of prepositional syntax.  I'm guessing from Uranus.
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It was considered fashionable to have very pale skin, meaning you were rich enough to always stay indoors and hire other people to do anything that required going outdoors.  As a result of such pale skin, you could see a person's blood vessels more easily and overall skin would have a bluish tint.
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because light colored eyes are recessive to dark colored eyes. Dark colors are more dominant and stronger. As with most recessive genes, it is more prone to infirmity and weaknesses.
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That actually depends...Black as a color readilly absorbs heat so wearing black clothes would really be warmer. Now, you may wonder why Middle Eastern people wear those heavy looking dark robes...in the middle of the friggin desert? As mentioned black or dark colors absorb heat faster than light colors. So what happens is that those robes absorbs heat faster than the surrounding area. Warm air, as you know, rises. Thus those robes create a well ventilated zone. Being warmer than the surrounding area... cooler air rushes in or displaces the warm air...creating a light breeze.