Was olive skin or middle eastern skin color, was it a mutation that spread?

Margy Sandquist: You raise a good question but your thinking may be a bit flawed. Read the Song of Solomon. The Shulamite maiden was an Israelite and she was also black. The apostle Paul was a Jew, yet he had red hair. Jesus was not the skinny, sickly person that the Catholics portray either though. He was a carpenter in the first century C.E. He knew what hard work was. He was probably a very good looking, well built man. But as for his skin color, it would be hard to say for sure. But it is very possible he was olive skinned. The Bible simply doesn't say. His looks were not important, his message was....Show more

Elvie Drumgoole: The earliest homo sapiens had black skin to deal with the harsh sun in Africa. All other skin tones are mutations.