each speaks their own language. Some are totally as different as Luo is to Kikuyu. The story of this place is rather interesting... so it's a beautiful country but with highlands and really does take off just after the waterfront (at least where i have been). The largest island is almost the size of south sudan and is rough terrain. to get from most places you need to fly in - no roads for variety of reasons. many people showed up on it's coast and never saw people and it was thought of as being uninhabited for much of history and in 1930 some fellows were mining all over decided to go more and more inland and Pap! they find some groups of fierce people! imagine... these people had never seen anyone else ever! there is a group that was found like in the 70s that believed that they (not even the whole island) were the only ones that existed. These people invented agriculture on their own! it's rather interesting... when you look at a guy who looks like you and he looks at you and says.. "Are you from Africa?" and in a puzzled way you say... Yes! and wonder - how do they know this? my skin tone is the same but that is not what they look at - they look at many other things... mandible, texture of hair, nose... perhaps forehead - who knows... but they are able to tell you apart. I usually like saying to my african brothers... YOU KNOW US AFRICANS...[INSERT SOME UNIFYING WORLDVIEW STATEMENT]! you cannot say that here! it's almost an insult! They insist they are not african and they are right.. being black is not being african and being african is not being black. Fascinating time. Their music is not similar in anyway to ours - not at all... it's almost polynesian. So similar yet so different.

All ancestry is mythical. African ancestry, or identity is mythical.

Even evolutionary theories are mythical. One way of seeing their mythical nature is by asking; is it possible for one to explain the origin of a people scientifically without invoking the theory of evolution?

Quantum mechanics would be a strong contender for such an explanation. And given how paradigms shift even in science, then, it's probable that the theory of evolution is mythical...

Of course even the creation story is a myth!

Perhaps just like the Indians in Mauritius n Madagascar. When the earth plates drifted apart,it was inevitable...

Even in the wild; why the jaguars and leopards?

but earth movements are so slow! the fastest moves like 10 centimeters a year! The madagascans are still a puzzle but i am guessing the Austronesians are a sea faring people. they colonized most of the pacific islands and even New Zealand. I guess some may have headed west and landed on Madagascar. But this is "recent" history.

Two reasons why melanin is lost:
1. Creating melanin requires a lot of energy. So if it is no longer needed, the body simply stops producing melanin
2. Too much melanin hinders a person from converting sunlight into Vitamin D. So if you live in a cold area and have too much melanin, you will soon fall sick and die unless you have other sources of Vitamin D. Those with lighter skin tones are better able to process vitamin D from sunlight. So naturally when human beings started to move further north into Europe, those with lighter skin tones were better able to survive. Those with darker skin tones did not survive (natural selection at work). Remember that natural sources of vitamin D like citrus fruits are not native to Europe.

Thats also why Africans who live in Scandinavia are advised by doctors to take Vitamin D supplements.