Arctic Skin Color and the Vitamin D Hypothesis

1400 words The Vitamin D Hypothesis (VDH) purports to explain the range of skin colors observed between races/ethnies around the world. Since there are little UVR and even less vitamin-D-producing UVB in the northern hemisphere, other ways of producing/getting ample amounts of vitamin D were imperative for survival. Locations such as the far north were … Continue reading Arctic Skin Color and the Vitamin D Hypothesis