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So this is also my last post on this thread.
Yes, WHGs lived for a long time in northern latitudes. That's why it is surprising that they hadn't genes we usually see everywhere around the world involved in skin depigmentation. There are 3 explanation discussed in the video above why it is still likely that WHGs had dark skin. How dark ? Possibly as dark as someone who hasn't got the main skin depigmentation genes ---> dark brown.
This study shows that many genes are involved in skin pigmentation but it comes down to five which a very large effect. We see strong selection for these genes after they come into the gene pool of former WHGs. SHG, Baltic HGs, farmers coming in from Anatolia. You wouldn't expect selection for genes involved in ligther skin if WHGs were light or intermediate because none of the SHGs, Baltics HGs and Anatolian farmers were as light as modern europeans. They were described as light to intermediate. Why are you ignoring this strong sign that there was lighting going on ?
Yes, WHGs lived for a long time in northern latitudes. That's why it is surprising that they hadn't genes we usually see everywhere around the world involved in skin depigmentation. There are 3 explanation discussed in the video above why it is still likely that WHGs had dark skin. How dark ? Possibly as dark as someone who hasn't got the main skin depigmentation genes ---> dark brown.
This study shows that many genes are involved in skin pigmentation but it comes down to five which a very large effect. We see strong selection for these genes after they come into the gene pool of former WHGs. SHG, Baltic HGs, farmers coming in from Anatolia. You wouldn't expect selection for genes involved in ligther skin if WHGs were light or intermediate because none of the SHGs, Baltics HGs and Anatolian farmers were as light as modern europeans. They were described as light to intermediate. Why are you ignoring this strong sign that there was lighting going on ?