Analysis quantifies skin variation in diverse populations, indicating ethnicity cannot be determined by skin colour alone.
Skin colour exhibits high within-group dispersion and extensive between-group overlap. These findings challenge the use of skin colour as a reliable indicator of ethnicity and underscore the need for objective, data-driven classification frameworks. They also highlight the complex, continuous nature of human skin variation, beyond simplistic ethnic categories.
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