Anonymous asked:
It always made sense to me that people living closer to the equator needed more melanin to block harmful radiation but I never understood why we don't all just have that. Like, blocking harmful radiation sounds good for everyone everywhere. Surely it wouldn't hurt? Recently learned that it WOULD hurt! People living further from the equator needed to have less melanin because they needed to get enough vitamin D in places with less sun.
Yes!! In times before Sunny D we just had to be white lmaoo
