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  Human skin color at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Skin color is determined by the amount and type of the pigment melanin in the skin.
The lighter skin of women results either from sexual preference or from the higher calcium needs of women during pregnancy and lactation (also possibly from both).
The evolution of the different skin colors is thought to have occurred as follows: the haired ancestor of humans, like modern great apes, had light skin under their hair.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - skin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
SKIN [skin] the flexible tissue (integument) enclosing the body of vertebrate animals.
The skin provides a barrier against invasion by outside organisms and protects underlying tissues and organs from abrasion and other injury, and its pigments shield the body from the dangerous ultraviolet rays in sunlight.
The skin is lubricated by its own oil glands, which keep both the outside layer of the epidermis and the hair from drying to brittleness.
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 Articles - Human skin color   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The color of human skin varies from dark brown to nearly colorless, which appears pale pink due to the blood in the skin.
#humans need at least a minimum threshold of UV light to get deep under human skin to produce vitamin D, which is essential for building and maintaining the bones of the human skeleton.
In considering the color of human skin in the long span of human evolution, Jablonski and Chaplin note that there is no empirical evidence to suggest that the human ancestors six million years ago had a skin color different from the skin color of today´s chimpanzees—namely pale-skinned under fl hair.
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 ScienceDaily: Changes To In Utero Environment May Alter Onset Of Cancer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Skin tissue from vitamin E-exposed offspring showed increased DNA damage, suggesting a potential mechanism for cell-specific enhancement of cancer, while brain tissues showed a decrease and liver tissue was unaffected.
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Vitamin E is often used in skin creams and lotions because it is believed to play a role in...
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 Facts About Human Skin additional info about Facts About Human Skin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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The human body's largest organ is the skin.
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