Is it possible that all the worlds population was once white,

does it not seem more likely, if say a white personal and a black person reproduce their child is not white

I thought all humans were once black, seeing as we evolved in Africa.

MD how is it possible that we were once black, it would seem to make more sense that everyone was once white if in mixed race people become less white.

If when a black person and white person have children, if then it was the case that the child would be more likely to be white then we could say that people in origin historically were black.
but it seems people would have had to be white.

My comment was NOT aimed at MD..

she knows that, that would be ridiculous : )

lfc i thought you were red?

You and I, in fact everyone all over the world,
we’re literally African under the skin; brothers and sisters
separated by a mere two thousand generations.
Old-fashioned concepts of race are not only socially divisive,
but scientifically wrong.

jollyswagman I wouldn't worry what colour I was, it's not important to me

but it is nice if there are different colours

who would deny that?

only one colour would be monotonous

very true swagman : )

You even find Neanderthal in your genes..
Without migration you wouldn't be here..

https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/neanderthal/

As Macca once mused :


Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?

We all know that people are the same where ever we go
There is good and bad in ev'ryone,
We learn to live, we learn to give
Each other what we need to survive together alive.

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord why don't we?

Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory, ooh

We all know that people are the same where ever we go
There is good and bad in ev'ryone,
We learn to live, we learn to give
Each other what we need to survive together alive.

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord why don't we?

Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony (repeat and fade)

don't be silly breedingmad, if as MD says we all come from Africa that must mean that everyone was originally white, simply because everyone in Africa is now black

From BM's link :

When our ancestors first migrated out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, they were not alone. At that time, at least two other species of hominid cousins walked the Eurasian landmass—Neanderthals and Denisovans. As our modern human ancestors migrated through Eurasia, they encountered the Neanderthals and interbred. Because of this, a small amount of Neanderthal DNA was introduced into the modern human gene pool.

Everyone living outside of Africa today has a small amount of Neanderthal in them, carried as a living relic of these ancient encounters. A team of scientists comparing the full genomes of the two species concluded that most Europeans and Asians have between 1 to 2 percent Neanderthal DNA. Indigenous sub-Saharan Africans have none, or very little Neanderthal DNA because their ancestors did not migrate through Eurasia.

On one level, it’s not surprising that modern humans were able to interbreed with their close cousins. According to one theory, Neanderthals, Denisovans, and all modern humans are all descended from the ancient human **** heidelbergensis. Between 300,000 to 400,000 years ago, an ancestral group of H. heidelbergensis left Africa and then split shortly after. One branch ventured northwestward into West Asia and Europe and became the Neanderthals. The other branch moved east, becoming Denisovans. By 130,000 years ago H. heidelbergensis in Africa had become **** sapiens. Our modern human ancestors did not begin their own exodus from Africa until about 60,000 years ago, when they expanded into Eurasia and encountered their ancient cousins.

The revelation that our ancient ancestors mated with one another could help explain one of the great mysteries in anthropology: Why did the Neanderthals disappear? After first venturing out of Africa, Neanderthals thrived in Europe for several hundred thousand years. But they mysteriously died out about 30,000 years ago, roughly around the same time that modern humans arrived in Europe.

Some scientists have suggested modern humans out-competed or outright killed the Neanderthals. But the new genetic evidence provides support for another theory: Perhaps our ancestors made love, not war, with their European cousins, and the Neanderthal lineage disappeared because it was absorbed into the much larger human population.

Even though Neanderthals and Denisovans are both extinct, modern humanity may owe them a debt of gratitude. A 2011 study by Stanford University researchers concluded that many of us carry ancient variants of immune system genes involved in destroying pathogens that arose after we left Africa. One possibility is that these gene variants came from other archaic humans.

They have to have been white originally and because life started there and time is longer there that is why they have become black, because if there is a mutation to blackness then that will tend to be dominant

I watched that Bill Nye vs Ken Ham last night and it's a real insight into people who won't change
their beliefs e.g Ken Ham even though a massive weight of evidence says they are wrong.It's rather
long however at 2 1/2 hrs

watch it again breedingmad

If you seriously think that at one time people were all white and a rogue gene turned a few people black
you need your brain washing on the wool cycle.

ignore him Bm

Just yet another attention seeking thread.

There was a relatively very recent movement of Eurasians back into Africa a few thousand years ago so that there is some Neanderthal/Desovan genes in the sub-Saharan African polulation though it is less than elsewhere.

After moving out of Africa Northern Europeans became more white because those with dark skin did not produce enough vitamin D in the low levels of sunlight due to the melanin in their skin,
So those with darker skin died earlier and did not pass on their genes so much, whereas those with light skin (probably a mutation at the start) were more successful, that's why over
thousands of years, European people evolved into becoming generally more light skinned

as I understand it we were all black once apart from BNP members whose ancestors were always milky white

The nearest we'll get to what our ancestors looked like 60,000 years ago are the indigenous Australians who were effectively cut-off soon after arriving there.

Is it not more logical to say that dark skin evolved to protect against skin cancer in Africa ?

maybe we were once black ad evolved into whites because we get less sun.

or we rose up from the albino one...

who were our ancestors, I don't know the answer I don't want to know everything
i am happy to let things happen around me without worrying about how or why.

How clever of you...

I think lfc is mellowing.
He has been sounding distinctly whimsical at times recently.

no.

If you're not black, you come from a very small tribe of black/african ancestors that migrated out of africa about 120,000 years ago.

It's proposed that lighter skin pigmentation was an adaptive advantage for improving the amount of vitamin D synthesised in the skin for people living in climates with less sun

He seems to be thinking out loud..

I don't like to fill my sentences with too many thoughts breedingmad, it's not fair to rub the noses in it if some don't have any

He's always done that BM.
A bit reminiscent of Doo Wah Diddy ( or ebulgery ).

thankyou salmon, that's nice

purely rational people would never appreciate do wah or ebul
but they are the very type of people who would most benefit from it

you're the most entertaining poster on here lfc, it's just that not everyone realises what you are up to

it is the rest of us who can benefit from reading do wah and ebul,
everyone sensible would recognise that

nearly missed that post of yours jolly because it had curled up at the bottom of the page,
it would be a pity to miss

Yes.McVities biscuits...

a real professional writer couldn't say it any better than do wah

Do wah was very wise.

not as wise as Slicer IMO

you lot are absolutely obsessed with race and colour .

don't forget islam

We is black...