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. 2018 Nov 14;10(11):1753.
doi: 10.3390/nu10111753.

Comment on: The Vitamin D⁻Folate Hypothesis as an Evolutionary Model for Skin Pigmentation: An Update and Integration of Current Ideas, Nutrients 2018, 10, 554

Peter M Elias  1 , Mary L Williams  2
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Comment on: The Vitamin D⁻Folate Hypothesis as an Evolutionary Model for Skin Pigmentation: An Update and Integration of Current Ideas, Nutrients 2018, 10, 554

Peter M Elias et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

In response to a recent article by Jones et al. (Nutrients 10: 554⁻568, 2018) [1], we agree that three distinctive features evolved in Homo erectus prior to the emergence of modern humans.[...].

Keywords: Evolution; folic acid; pigmentation; skin; ultraviolet irradiation; vitamin D.

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