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A brief illustrated history on sunscreens and sun protection
2015
Pure and Applied Chemistry
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AbstractNobody exactly knows when human beings begun protecting their skin from the sun. Our dark-skinned ancestors in Africa had the benefit of natural melanin to avoid sunburn. With migration to cooler regions, humans clothed themselves to avoid frost, losing their protective pigmentation. For cultural reasons, occidentals continued to cover their body up to the XIX
doi:10.1515/pac-2015-0303
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