was the first man black or white?

[DeAth_St4r]

which race was on the planet first?

man evolved from ape?





The first Black Person on Earth was undoubtedly the first humanoid as all Man's ancestors evolved in Southern Africa. ( Where I live). Its pretty good to have black skin in a hot, sunny environment as the higher degree of melanin ( the stuff that determines skin colour) in the skin provides protection against ultra-violet rays.

Recent archeology ( and things change as new discoveries are made) suggests that there were at least four primitive humanoid species inhabiting Southern Africa at the same time, but they were not modern humans ( like us), Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
The first of these appeared about 100,000 years ago. Traces of them have been found in caves just North of Cape Town. Archeological finds and DNA research has painted a picture of their progress across Southern Africa to the area now Northern Natal and Mozambique where they were bottled up for several generations by climate changes that created an impenetrable desert right across Africa. Humanity nearly became extinct then as DNA differences between all people are so slight that humanity's population levels must have dropped to a couple of thousand. The Khoisan people ( the only indiginous people of Southern Africa), once called Bushmen have a light honey colour skin as the coastal areas have a mediterranean climate and the inland uplands a temperate climate--one did not have to be too dark.
By and by, as conditions improved, Humans migrated North following the Great Rift valley--the same route more primitive homonids had taken. Undoubtedly, as sunlight increased darker skinned people prospered more, had more offspring and the race became darker. In such a climate it was also effective to have long, spindly bodies with a small surface area.
Humans crossed the Red Sea into Arabia, then a land of flowing rivers and lakes and stayed for a long time as a Northern route was closed due to Glaciation. A route did open up to India and beyond and people had arrived ( the aboriginies) in Australia by 50,000 years ago.
A later route opened up into central Asia allowing a migration right across Asia and on into the Americas. The cold climate and bitter winds favoured people who had shorter, stockier bodies and eye-folds that resisted the wind.
The very last route to open up was a circular route that led from West Asia into modern day Europe. In the middle of an ice age the climate favoured the loss of melanin ( as less melanin means that sunlight can promote the production of Vitamin A in the body) therefore lighter people, blue eyes see better in the misty, poor light.
The very small population numbers meant that early Europeans were probably more closely related than other groups which is why there is less diversity today in colouring and appearance than in other populations.
Moral of the story. We are all descended from a scientific Adam who lived in the Cape about 100,000 years ago--he was probably neither black or white--most likely a fetching light bown.