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New lore dropped (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Riker to c/[email protected]

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[–] TexasDrunk 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If we start pulling at this thread people will start wondering why Wheel of Time had a bunch of pale redheads in the desert.

[–] FutileRecipe 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

To be fair, the Aiel didn't initially grow up there (and too short for evolution, in my non-scientific brain), but rather migrated there to use it as "a shaping stone to make them, a testing ground to prove their worth, and a punishment for their sin." And it would be too easy on those three reasons if they were perfectly (or mostly) acclimated and suited for the desert genetically.

[–] TexasDrunk 6 points 6 months ago

You're right, and it's only been a few thousand years. I'll still complain to anyone who will listen. If I don't complain how will you know I really enjoy the series?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

IIRC, it takes around 100 generations to see a significant shift in skin pigmentation due to evolution. For humans, that would work out to about 1700 years for people that were moved from the Nordic regions to sub-Saharan Africa to develop dark skins (assuming that there were no other factors in play).

Evolution can take what seems like a really long time.