Pigmentation and Skin of Color

Hollinger, Jasmine C; Kindred, Chesahna; Halder, Rebat M.

doi:10.1002/9781119676881.ch3

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“…Most importantly, even in the absence of parasites and bites, human skin --whether covered or not and regardless of the care taken or of an individual's health, tends to flake, crack, blister, etc. and thus requires moisturization all the time (Abrutyn, 2022;Hollinger, Kindred, & Halder, 2022). One matter of concern to biology researchers and the general public is that human skin is prone to develop moles, blemishes, lesions, bruises, etc., all of which (if untreated) can lead to a person's death.…”

Section: Human Skinmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The third level of challenge corroding human pigmentation research and closely related to the second is human lips. Human lips are an integral part of human skin often forgotten in most accounts of human skin (Hollinger, Kindred, & Halder, 2022). Human lips were salient features used in the classifications of living beings, proposed by founding biologists Linnaeus (1735Linnaeus ( /1758 and Blumenbach (1775/1795).…”

Section: Human Lipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Even worse, regardless of races, ages, latitudes, and locations (i.e., outdoors or indoors), human lips require moisturization every minute or so. Just like human skin, moisturization of lips becomes a basic need of humans (Abrutyn, 2022;Hollinger, Kindred, & Halder, 2022). In Homo sapiens days, people didn't have a mass production of oil that human lips constantly require.…”

Section: Human Lipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Toward a Synopsis of the Challenges Facing Mainstream Interpretations of Skin Pigmentation in Humans

Cibangu¹

2023

IJB

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When traditional or mainstream interpretations of skin pigmentation in humans were proposed, not much data was available about the anatomy of human skin in particular and pigment research in general. The most popular and influential thesis put forth to date to justify the evolution of skin pigmentation is the thesis that skin pigmentation grew out of a natural adaptation of Homo sapiens skin to scorching conditions of fiery heat faced with by Homo sapiens individuals in equatorial regions of Africa. It is thereby argued that peak UVR [ultraviolet rays] environments encountered in equatorial/savannah climate caused an eccrine gland production to offset the overheating of skin during the high physical activity of hunting exerted by Homo sapiens persons. However, with human anatomy increasingly becoming the object of scrutiny from various fronts of biology, newer insights have given rise to significant blind spots vis-à-vis traditional explanations of black skin pigmentation. The present paper takes stock of the major challenges afflicting existing characterizations of human skin evolution. Paths for future research of skin/pigment are suggested. The paper aims to lay out a follow-up on and/or synopsis of recurrent challenges that the space of pigment research has accumulated over the years, giving way to long due synergies. In a world supersensitive to racial equality and dignity, the paper furnishes concerned researchers and policy makers with a much-needed contribution to inquiry into dark- and black-skinned peoples.

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Section: Human Skinmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Human Lipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Human Lipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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