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moongchi

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In the case of skin color, natural selection is no longer active today, thanks to human cultural adaptations that confer an advantage no matter the skin color or environment one lives in.
 
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One of the selective advantages of dark skin color in the tropics is that it reduces the susceptibility to folate destruction and therefore diminishes the likelihood of neural tube defects among human embryos. Folate is also necessary in men in order to maintain normal sperm production.
 
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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: False

Answer to Question 2

Answer: True


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Reply #2 on: Aug 11, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Aug 11, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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