Comments on: Inuits live in very cold climates, why do they have dark skin?

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:33:29 +0000

Worked in the Cold North for a while, outdoors of course, got snow blindness, and a very copper tan on my face from it! Look at the faces of those brave folks who climb mountains, they often get quite markedly copper colored tans? Can the amount and type of U.V. radiation also have effect on skin color, even if only temporary? What color is an Inuk that lives in the south for a generation? Any change? Lightening? larger bodies? I notice people of the far north are all ’small” compared to those in the U.S.A.? My imagination? Which is the more sustainable the Inuk or the 350 pound Yankee Doodle in his air conditioned oil supported lifestyle? Are their “races” within mankind? Is the Great Hulking American Neanderthal,(no bigger bones than his founsd in all antiquity), product of over 200 years force feeding by corporate interests for the rapid exploitation of the resources of North America considered one? Is he really at his extinction point regardless of his color? has he really passed his EROI point and become unsustainable, in all shades and colors? Does he come in white and black only? Will the sustainable Inuk supersede him as he stands in “unemployables’ lines waiting on certain extinction?

By: kim

kim — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:03:31 +0000

wow you actually put this on the web hahahahaha

By: Student #1

Student #1 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:15:43 +0000

heyy! imin grade 6 and im studying about inuits at school! i think that was a great question! wish me luck byee:D

By: JoeMan

JoeMan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:39:10 +0000

Along this vein,if ones looks at pre 1900 photos
of the Sami of Scandinavia one can see that their
skin was quite dark.Marriage with Europeans has lightened them considerably.

By: Mana

Mana — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:19:58 +0000

Inuits as well as other Native Americans are likely to have come from the tropical pacific,as told in their own legends,thus why there are relatively dark skin;they of course have mongol blood mixture.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:54:21 +0000

Ok, but what about ‘black’ people; what does this say about their diet/UV absorbtion ?

By: stylemaster

stylemaster — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:08:33 +0000

interesting. we were having a similar discussion in another forum. but does this mean that the human dna will tend to produce color in its skin as long as it can get vitamin D? since the mealnin is not necessary due to the fish diet.

does this also mean that “white” people are the product of a vitamin deficiency?

By: Karen Prentice

Karen Prentice — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:31:03 +0000

I just wanted to clarify something with you. Inuit is the plural word for Inuk. Inuk is one person, Inuit is a group of people. So Inuits does not make any sense, you are double pluralizing this word. The people of Canada’s north are the Inuit. My friend is an Inuk.
Thank you.