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The first white people to ever land on South Africa's shores were Portuguese explorers, including Vasco da Gama. The First people to settle in South Africa, however, were the Dutch settlers led by Jan van Riebeeck.

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The origins of all humans are in Africa.

Most scientists believe that modern humans, Homo sapiensevolved in Africa before migrating out into the rest of the world, while some believe that there is evidence that our predecessors, Homo erectus, had begun to migrate out of Africa before evolving into modern humans.

The various different races are, in part, an adaptation to different environmental challenges. For example, black skin gave protection against the harsh sun of Africa, but left humans with a vitamin D deficiency in the cold of Europe, especially when almost entirely covered against the cold. Caucasians evolved pale skin that made the best use of the weak sunlight to produce vitamin D, and long nasal passages that warmed the cold air before it reached the chest. Ideally, this would result in fair-skinned blonds in northern Europe and slightly darker people in southern Europe, but the migrations of history and inter-marriages have resulted in a fascinating mix of races.

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