tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post7271422330975546958..comments2024-03-24T05:50:07.033-07:00Comments on Biologizing: Blue Eyed Dark Skin HunterPeter Houlihanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-91429825595040460072014-02-09T21:06:53.062-08:002014-02-09T21:06:53.062-08:00Yeah Steven I'll definitely be looking out for...Yeah Steven I'll definitely be looking out for that cause I always that that dark skin people were from Africa and they were placed in other countries. So it was shocking to read that they existed before light skin Europeans. <br />Posted by CCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-85882029445442935542014-02-09T21:01:15.279-08:002014-02-09T21:01:15.279-08:00Hey Lindsey, when I read the article it said that ...Hey Lindsey, when I read the article it said that the man lived his life before light skin Europeans were around<br />Posted by CCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-53656141043344115232014-02-07T15:14:58.119-08:002014-02-07T15:14:58.119-08:00This was a great topic, and I was actually pretty ...This was a great topic, and I was actually pretty surprised to read the results of the research. There are the occasional dark-skinned, blue-eyed people but I always assumed they got lucky with the recessive alleles for blue eyes. It would be truly interesting to see if the progression of blue eyes from dark-skinned ancestors to the blonde, blue-eyed that is more common and more expected today. If you saw any further interpretation for that evolution, feel free to post here I'd be happy to know.<br />Posted by Steven YuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-9340534067527925572014-02-07T12:02:10.987-08:002014-02-07T12:02:10.987-08:00It's crazy how advanced modern day science is....It's crazy how advanced modern day science is. The fact that scientist can tell he was different and a mix just by looking at the wisdom teeth is phenomenon. It is quite true that we rarely see people with dark skin and blue eyes. This article kind of explains why. I wonder how advanced science will be in 10 years. <br />Posted by Amber Vien Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-70373642967473863072014-02-07T11:47:19.870-08:002014-02-07T11:47:19.870-08:00You said that the African skin was because of lact...You said that the African skin was because of lactose intolerant and lacked vitamin D. I thought that the dark skin shows that there is high amount of melanin, which can produce vitamin D when the skin is exposed under sunlight. If so, does it mean the hunter could be living with small amount of sunlight exposure?<br /><br />Yim HuiPeter Houlihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-83529598105829788392014-02-07T10:49:04.859-08:002014-02-07T10:49:04.859-08:00It's interesting to compare his features to mo...It's interesting to compare his features to modern day humans and see how much we've changed. It's also incredible how much information we can gather from such an ancient fossil! If we know that he was unable to obtain vitamin D from milk or from the sun do we know anything about how this affected his lifestyle? Does his inability have anything to do with the lack of similar colouring in today's society? <br /><br />Posted by Kirk MacKinnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-41676528968050240872014-02-06T18:02:38.229-08:002014-02-06T18:02:38.229-08:00Hi CC!
It is truly amazing to see how far science ...Hi CC!<br />It is truly amazing to see how far science has really come, especially with the help of technology. By testing this man's bones, which you said are 7,000 years old, scientists were able to discover the evolution of blue eyes. In your article you state that by testing his tooth, scientists were able to find a mix of different and unusual traits. I was wondering if you knew of any more traits other than the ones listed that could possibly also make him genetically different than most present day Europeans.<br /><br />Lindsey JanofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com