By protecting against cutaneous inflammation, epidermal pigmentation provided an additional advantag...
By protecting against cutaneous inflammation, epidermal pigmentation provided an additional advantage for ancestral humans
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England: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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England: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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Pigmentation evolved in ancestral humans to protect against toxic, ultraviolet B irradiation, but the question remains: “what is being protected?” Because humans with dark pigmentation display a suite of superior epidermal functions in comparison with their more lightly pigmented counterparts, we hypothesized and provided evidence that dark pigment...
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By protecting against cutaneous inflammation, epidermal pigmentation provided an additional advantage for ancestral humans
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_821491e8f7f64af7a9fc24639a13af44
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_821491e8f7f64af7a9fc24639a13af44
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1752-4571
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1752-4571
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10.1111/eva.12858
