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World Service,1 min

How humans evolved different coloured skin

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Nina Jablonski, Professor of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University, explains how evolution gave people living in northern latitudes lighter skin. (Photo: Diverse mix of teenagers looking at globe. Credit: Getty Images)

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