questions about people

KFatal

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#1
ok i have a few questions. first, i know we all came from africa. can someone explain why we look the way we look? for example at first we were all black, but then how did peoples eye and hair color start changing?why do asian people have wide eyes, why do most white people have blue eyes, why black people have the lips, etc etc. i know that we migrate and adopt, but what causes these physical changes? :confused:
 

Steph

Active Member
#2
^^example of why people change

black person marries a mexican person their baby will be a lil lighter than the black person but draker than the mexican person and the baby will adopt features of both parents therefore when he marries and has a baby it will also look different

and the changes keep going
 
#3
kadafifatal said:
why do asian people have wide eyes, why do most white people have blue eyes, why black people have the lips, etc etc.
Yeah sure people adopt different characteristics through mixing race... but as for the question why those characteristics came to be about, perhaps it is to do with evolution. As in, depending on the region of the world various races come from, certain features developed to adapt to surroundings....
 
#7
RIP2pac&kadafi said:
^^example of why people change

black person marries a mexican person their baby will be a lil lighter than the black person but draker than the mexican person and the baby will adopt features of both parents therefore when he marries and has a baby it will also look different

and the changes keep going
you theory is flawed. Originally all people were black. So where did Mexican people come from in the first place to be able to mix with black people. YOu are using a Mexican person to explain something yet you fail to take into account where that Mexiacan person came from in the first place.
These days in cosmopolitan societies, the genetics of people is to get very intersting.
But back to the question.
If you look at it from an evolution stand point then like Amara said, people simply evolved to take on the characteristics need to better survive in their given conditions.

Yet, why would Chinese people have wider eyes? Also if evolution takes such a long time then how did these cells survive in conditions whilst evolving to be able to survive better. Also, it seems to be as if humans have stopped evolving, yet we are far from perfect!

If you believe in God. then he simply created you with your differences on the outside.
 

Jokerman

Well-Known Member
#11
Those things are caused by adaptation. That's miroevolution, as opposed to macroevolution, where you have a new species. It's not a matter of adding anything new to the genetic material of the population, but simply weeding out what is not working as well as some other variations. Adaptation occurs when the structure or function of an organism changes in ways that improve the chances for survival and reproduction in its environment.

The face and body of the Mongols result from adaptations to the bitter cold of Siberia. The body, and particularly the head, tends to be round, increasing body volume. The evaporative surface area of the skin is thus reduced relative to body volume, and less heat is lost. The nose is small and less likely to freeze, and the nostrils are narrow, warming the air before it reaches the lungs. Eyes are protected from the cold Siberian air by fatty folds of skin. The eye shape of the Mongoloid is a naturally adapted glare filter. Also, the epicanthal folds protect the inner eyes, giving them a "slanted" appearance, while the fatty pad in the eye lid keeps the eyeball warm, and gives the eyelids a "smooth" appearance.
 
#12
well don't they say people have different physical characteristics based on where they live?

for example black people had dark skin to prtect them from the harsh conditions of Africa, and so on.
 
#15
Well it depends on whether you subscribe to the single origin or multiregional origin theories. The former says that modern man originated in Africa. I think it's the more popular and supported of the two.
 
#19
we did not all come from africa, thats the former belief but now evidence is appearing that states that may not in fact be the case.


fossils of early man are being found that are older than those that were originally in africa and they are located in other parts of the world not anticipated.
 
#20
RIP2pac&kadafi said:
^^do you kno the answer?
Yeah im saying this even tho the other poster just raped the whole the comment that we all come from africa n shit but ok i'll post my answer neway...


well I'd say pigment or whatever its called in English...lol

Im sure you know what I mean...i dunno exactly how to explain but i'll try later if no 1 else has explained it
 

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