Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site duke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!pesnta!qumix!ittvax!decvax!mcnc!duke!crm From: crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin) Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Truth in Advertising? Message-ID: <5085@duke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 10:31:27 EST Article-I.D.: duke.5085 Posted: Mon Nov 26 10:31:27 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 03:16:34 EST References: <2559@dartvax.UUCP> <642@watdcsu.UUCP> <1245@utah-gr.UUCP>, <2804@ucbcad.UUCP> Organization: Duke University Lines: 16 People in sunnier climates tend to get more ultraviolet exposure. They therefore have developed darker skins since melanin (which makes the skin darker or tanner) is the major defense against UV that the skin has. This sounds Lysenko-ist, but you can make a straight evolutionary argument by noting that people with darker skin are less likely to get skin cancer. -- What is the sound of one hand, clapping? Toop, toop, toop. Charlie Martin (...mcnc!duke!crm)