Why are Africans so dark?

It evolved to adapt to the environment and resist strong ultraviolet radiation.

The racial classification of blacks mainly includes nilot, Bantu (both of which account for the vast majority of African black population) and Hermite. Mainly distributed in Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and Europe.

The native place of black people is sub-Saharan Africa. Black people in America, Oceania and Europe are mainly descendants of slaves in colonial period and black immigrants after World War II.

Black people also include Sudan and Bantu. Their distribution in Africa is roughly bounded by the equator. Sudanese people live in the north of the equator and are characterized by pure black skin color; Bantu people live south of the equator and are characterized by light black skin color. For example, Mandela, the black leader of South Africa, is familiar to everyone, but his skin color is not very dark, because the black people in South Africa belong to Bantu.

Theoretical sources

In 178 1 year, John F. German anatomist Blumenbach made a more systematic division according to the results of skull measurement research, and divided all mankind into five major races: Caucasians and Caucasians.

Yellow, Mongolian, brown, Malay, black, Ethiopian, red and American.

19th century 1870, the British biologist Huxley put forward a new classification, which divided human beings into four major races: black, Australian, Mongolian and Caucasian.

At about the same time, there were six-point method put forward by French scholar Buffon, eight-point method put forward by Japanese scholar Yokoyama Matjiro, and three-point method put forward by broca, Ju Ye Wei and Hatton.

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