Question

What color was the first human?

Answer 1

Melanin is the hormone that is responsible for skin color. Higher concentration of melanin results in a darker skin tone.

1. The first humans appeared in the plains of sub-Saharan Africa about 200,000 years ago.
2. All modern humans belong to a species known as Homo sapiens, which evolved from an early species of the hominid family. The low-latitude population is darker than the high-latitude population, suggesting that skin pigmentation is an adaptation to different levels of UV radiation.
3. Populations in these regions (including sub-Saharan Africans, South Asians, and Australia-Melanesians) are darker in pigmentation because the equatorial region receives more UV light than the temperate regions.
4. As per the details, we can surely say that the first humans' skin is dark which is not necessarily black, dark pigmentation includes the skin colors black, dark brown, and other dark shades of skin as well.