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mkl
on June 24, 2012
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Why are Europeans White?
I would guess it has more to do with time. People only reached the Americas relatively recently[1], from high latitude regions.
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_the_Americas
shalmanese
on June 24, 2012
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People reached America before the blue eye gene prospered in Scandinavia.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_the_Americas