How Did Ancient Humans Go From Black to White?

How did ancient humans turn from black to white? The real answer is stranger than the question. Early humans were dark-skinned, and lighter skin evolved later, in different places, through different genes. This video follows the science from the African savanna to Ice Age Europe. You’ll see why folate and vitamin D shaped the color of your skin, what Cheddar Man’s DNA revealed about dark-skinned, blue-eyed Britons, and why there was never one single change from dark to light. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Researchers mentioned: Nina Jablonski and George Chaplin (2000), Selina Brace and Ian Barnes (Cheddar Man, 2019), Iain Mathieson (2015), Keith Cheng (2005), Sarah Tishkoff and Nicholas Crawford (2017). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to Bored Stick for more stick-figure explainers on ancient humans, evolution, and why humans are like this. #AncientHumans #HumanEvolution #SkinColor Tags ancient humans, how did ancient humans turn white, black to white evolution, how did humans turn white, why are some people white, skin color evolution, why do humans have different skin colors, how did skin color evolve, human evolution, cheddar man, cheddar man dna, dark skinned europeans, ancient europeans, ancient humans skin color, were ancient humans black, hunter gatherers, prehistoric humans, early humans, homo erectus, turkana boy, out of africa migration, vitamin d and skin color, folate and uv, melanin, SLC24A5, ancient dna, anthropology, human origins, ice age humans, stick figure explainer, Bored Stick