Evaluating the photoprotective effects of ochre on human skin by in vivo SPF assessment: Implications for human evolution, adaptation and dispersal

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Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Rifkin, Riaan F ^a,b   Dayet, Laure ^c   Queffelec, Alain ^c   Summers, Beverley ^d   Lategan, Marlize ^d   D'Errico, Francesco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; PIGMENT; RED OCHRE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SUNSCREEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BUTTER; CLAY; FERRIC ION; IRON DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; OINTMENT; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NAMIBIA; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SOUTH AFRICA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ASTRONOMY; BUTTER; CHEMISTRY; COSMIC RADIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; HOMINID; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MIGRATION; OINTMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN; SOIL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; BUTTER; COSMIC RADIATION; EARTH (PLANET); EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MINERALS; NAMIBIA; OINTMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ; SELECTION, GENETIC; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUN PROTECTION FACTOR; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84944769106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136090     Document Type: Article

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