If the theory of evolution is true, then why are White people still burning under the sun?

If the theory of evolution is true then White people should have evolved into browner skinned individuals by now, based on their geographic location, diet and environment. Why does their skin still turn red and burn when they stay outside too long. PS- I'm aware that colored people burn too but that's not the point here.
If the theory of evolution is true, then why are White people still burning under the sun?
Yes, light skin has its disadvantages. Since my family roots are from the Artic Circle, that has been a relatively small problem. My relatives should stay out of the sun, when they have moved to places like Arizona and such.





Hey, getting a sunburn hurts like HECK. So I work to avoid that situation. Staying inside is a good move. I'll burn to a crisp in about 4 hours. So I cover up to avoid that.
If the theory of evolution is true, then why are White people still burning under the sun?
Why do you keep asking just racist questions?
Reply:get a life.....
Reply:it hasn't been long enough for white people to evolve, since they come from europe where the sun is not as harsh as other places they never has to develop effective sun protection, and probably with all the sun screen and artificial protection they wont need to...
Reply:If people of all races burn then perhaps it's because we don't have fur to protect our skin....??? My head doesn't burn...it's got hair on it. And for the record...mankind did evolve....from monkeys...just like creationists would have you not believe...we do indeed have monkeys for uncles.
Reply:People don't only live outdoors in warm and sunny conditions. Do you know anyone who is exclusively outdoors and whose family has made the same choice for generations? Of course not. That's why your question is moot.
Reply:Evolution isn't an automatic process that occurs at a given rate no matter what. There has to be a selective pressure on the organism to adapt. Sure, I get sun burned if I stay out in the sun too long. How does that effect my reproductive success living in a modern society? It doesn't. I'll put on some sun screen, or stay inside, and have every bit as good of a chance to pass my genes on as anyone else. There's no selective pressure to develope darker skin.





In a hostile and hot environment such as some parts of Africa, and without the ammenities and comforts of modern civilization, yes, there would be selective pressure on the species.





Finally, 'white' people have been living in areas with less sun exposure (Europe) for thousands of years. It is only very recently that 'white' people have begun to live in areas with more sun exposure, say a few hundred years at most. Even if there was selective pressure to adapt to this, it takes a lot more than a few hundred years to do so.
Reply:This is not answering your questions, but I'd just like to share --





"If Darwin was right, why do mothers still have two hands?" -Milton Berle
Reply:Yes, and where are the short-necked giraffes? And the throwbacks to Eohippus?
Reply:I'm white. I deal with a lot of people, The race never enter the picture. I always give anyone a chance until I'm violated by the person actions. This works good for me. I made a lot of friends of all different races. maybe if you looked at people as people and not race. your world would be a better place to live. You might even make friends. GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:According to the theory of evolution, very white people could have only survived (sun-wise) in northern climates. Maybe that's where they were originally lived. Maybe they gradually migrated down south -- and as they travelled, how to protect oneself from the sun, (by wearing long robes and head coverings), was spread by word of mouth.





I got this idea because my grandparents always wore robes and veils in their native country and never burned. Then they immigrated to the U.S., went outside in "street clothing," and burned from then on.
Reply:Firstly, tanning has only been popular for less than 100 yrs...





Secondly, an evolutionary change in skin color , if left up to natural selection, would take thousands of years..





Thirdly, Mans intellect %26amp; abilty to protect himself has slowed down natural selection in evolution by a great deal...
Reply:First of all TKo43078, her questions are not racist, so stupid of you. But this question maybe deals with melanin in people's skin. Try researching your question.
Reply:Have you ever studied the theory of Evolution? You seem to lack any understanding of it. Moron
Reply:The advantage of sparsely pigmented ("white") skin is that it is more efficient at producing Vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. This is an advantage in climates where the sunlight is weaker and where people are exposed to less sun due to winter clothing.
Reply:It was more important in evolutinary survival for white people to be able to make vitamin D by absorbing it from weaker solar rays, hence the lighter skin since lighter skin can respond to sunlight more (hence, sunburn). Even if burned in the summer time, the chances of dying eventually from cancer wouldn't happen until long after the individual has bred and passed on their genes. Try living without vitamin D for a whole winter as an infant, or a lactating mother, and the infant would not survive vitamin deficiency to pass on the genes. Dark Skin needs more light to produce the same vitamin. These days, supplements provide what we need. Drink more milk.
Reply:Theentire reason white people exist is that the sun is not prevelant enough in northern areas, and we evolved to have less melanin in our skin so we could absorb more vitamin d with the lack of sun.





Maybe if a colony of white people moved to africa, in a few thousand years they would all be black.
Reply:What makes you say that? "White people should have evolved into browner skinned individuals by now..." Are you so expert in evolution that you can give us a timeline of events of what to expect? No - you're not an expert because anyone with even a limited idea of evolution would never say this - because it's not true. So you begin your question with a lie based on ignorance; I'm afraid everything you say beyond this is just meaningless noises.





Evolution works on populations not individuals 鈥?isolated populations with isolated gene flow. That should answer your question if you鈥檙e really interested in understanding - if not, they say ignorance is bliss.
Reply:Lighter skin developed out of the need for vitamin K in northern environments. Lighter skin allows for more vitamin K absorption from the sun, and since there's limited sun light in northern climates the people needed to get as much as they could in a narrow span of time.


Skin that's light does burn, but it gets the vitamins that it needs, and the need for vitamins is more pressing then preventing a burn
Reply:Because Europeans come from a different environment. Based on their environment, they didn't need nearly as much protection from the sun. Africans, on the other hand did. Now that Europeans have moved to different areas of the world, they get sunburned. Also, you have to remember that 20,000 years ago there was an ice age and Europe was very cold. This is why Europeans have the features they do.
Reply:Thanks to clothing and sunscreen and general common sense about sun exposure, even the whitest of white people can live in places like Hawaii and reproduce pleantifully to pass on their genes.





You have to realize that evolution happens when it wants to, where it wants to, and in ways you might not expect.





At the current moment, there is no reason, or cause for light skinned people in Hawaii to evolve to have darker skin because they can protect themselves from the sun sufficiently enough. Even if they couldn't, evolution can take thousands of years and the potential genes must be there for something to occure.





That being said, Europeans in Australia have I think it was 4 times the chance of developing skin cancer than Europeans in Europe. But this is typically in older people who have already had their children.
Reply:if you notice people in colder countries have paler skins and vice versa for people in hot countries. When races are mixed you get a situation where the skin is not necessrily suited to the environment. Also with the changes in the environment including the hole in th ozone layer evolution is having a hard time catching up with what the human being needs when it comes to protection.