The climate and evolution. There is not a lot of sun in northern Europe and Britain is particularly cloudy so it was beneficial to be very pale to get enough vitamin D.
It's not quite that simple... distance from the equator isn't the determiner for temeperature. If it were then the UK would be like Canada... but in reality it's warmer than New York. The climate is warmed further by the gulf stream making southern european countries which are further from the equator equally warm to the southern usa states and the north is equally the same.
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The climate and evolution. There is not a lot of sun in northern Europe and Britain is particularly cloudy so it was beneficial to be very pale to get enough vitamin D.
They're white because of genes. And it also has something to do with the climate there.
Well, because we have less exposure of sun here than the USA.
I'm a good example of a pale skinned British, haha.
i even see some Asian people who look white (just skin) as hell just because the weather is damn cloudy all the time.
Just look at a map. England is further north than the contiguous US.
It's not quite that simple... distance from the equator isn't the determiner for temeperature. If it were then the UK would be like Canada... but in reality it's warmer than New York. The climate is warmed further by the gulf stream making southern european countries which are further from the equator equally warm to the southern usa states and the north is equally the same.
Be patient and in about 50+ years you will only see black people there.
English girls must be hot as hell... i love pale girls
cloudy, very cloudy and genetics
Lack of bright sunny days for generations.
the extreme lack of sun the get perhaps?
I heard that Americans use tan products.
Yeah everyone does it obvious when I do i'm so pale.
THERE'S NO FUCKING SUN IN ENGLAND!
dna and climate
I am wondering too why this is... lol
Russians are even more pale)
Their country is so cold and they evolve :)