Open AccessSkin cancer was not a potent selective force in the evolution of protective pigmentation in early hominins
Author(s) -
Nina G. Jablonski,
George Chaplin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society b biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.342
H-Index - 253
eISSN - 1471-2954
pISSN - 0962-8452
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.2014.0517
Subject(s) - biology , cancer , evolutionary biology , genetics
Greaves [[1][1]] proposed that skin cancer was a potent selective force for the evolution of dark pigmentation in early hominins. Blum [[2][2],[3][3]] questioned the role of skin cancer in the evolution of skin pigmentation because it only rarely causes death to individuals of reproductive age.
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