What is the role of vitamin D in human health, and how it is related to skin color?

What will be an ideal response?


Vitamin D maintains the balance of calcium in the body for healthy bones and balance in the nervous system. Sunshine is required to stimulate the body's production of vitamin D. Darker skin types in northern latitudes must enhance their exposure to the sun because it can interfere with this process.

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What is one of the major consequences of horticulture?

A) a more sedentary way of life B) lower population density C) strict egalitarianism D) reliance on hunted game for protein

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Which dating method was used to date the famous Mt. Vesuvius eruption of AD 79?

a. Carbon-14 b. Paleomagnetism c. Potassium-argon/ 40Ar/ 39AR d. Dendrochronology e. Thermoluminescence

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Permanently altering the body is a fairly recent practice, and culturally Western

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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_______________ is an explanation of misfortune based on the belief that certain individuals possess an innate, psychic power capable of causing harm, including sickness and death.

A) Imitative magic B) Contagious magic C) Witchcraft D) all of the above E) none of the above

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