Question: 1. Several Hypotheses Propose Worldwide Variation In Skin Pigmentation Is An Adaptation To Solar Radiation. A. Describe These Various Hypotheses And The Selective Pressures They Involve. B. How Could These Various Selective Pressures Contribute To Differential Fertility And Mortality? C. Describe Jablonski’s Synthesis Of The 2 Central UVR Hypotheses …

1. Several hypotheses propose worldwide variation in skin pigmentation is an adaptation to solar radiation. A. Describe these various hypotheses and the selective pressures they involve. B. How could these various selective pressures contribute to differential fertility and mortality? C. Describe Jablonski’s synthesis of the 2 central UVR hypotheses and the reappraisal of these hypotheses by Elias et al. 2013? D. Why might understanding and disentangling the hypotheses of Jablonski and Elias be important and have public health implications for humans across the globe in the 21st century?