Tags: Light Skin Neanderthals Mated with Humans Out of Africa, Gene Skin Pigmentation, Sun forms Vitamin D, Survival,
These conclusions are not considered in the article, but seems to correlate more closely with the genetic data than those proposed by the scientists.Note that I condensed the article greatly with what sections I thought were more important to the general public.
Beware, only one person was selected for a complete genome analysis from various ethnic regions sources, but it is probably good enough. Neanderthals had pale skin with red hair. Pale skin was needed to get the weak sun in the north to produce enough vitamin D to survive. The offspring of those who mated with Neanderthals survived and carried to skin color genes needed to survive. Neanderthals have been around for more than 200,000 years.
Africans do not have those Neanderthal genes of 1-4% found in Europeans and Asians. I am sure these data shocked the mostly white modern humans who did the study. Here is a related excerpt near the end of the very long article:
Jim Kawakami, May 6, 2010, http://jimboguy.blogspot.com
Could Neanderthals Saved Mankind Out of Africa by Making Them Whiter? "Close Encounters of of the Prehistoric Kind" by Ann Gibbons May 7, 2010 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/328/5979/680