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Why do African-Americans have lighter skin on their palms and feet than on the rest of their body?

Sunday Oct 11,2009 09:01 PM
By diddy
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Why do African-Americans have lighter skin on their palms and feet? I realise it is genetics, but why and how did this trait develop? Please note that I am asking out of curiosity and no racism is intended in any way.
Why is melanin unable to occur/appear here?

African Americans, Curiosity, Feet, Genetics, Melanin, Palms, Racism

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One Comment

n.d. says:

October 11, 2009 at 9:01 pm

it’s not just black people, but it’s noticeable in them.
pigment and hair cannot exist in certain areas of the body.
palms and feet are some of those sections.

I can’t say why because I am not intelligent enough.
or at least, the answer lies in the internet,
and I don’t see how I can adequately compress it
into a neat and tiny understandable answer. Sorry