let’s be clear... a lot of NON BLACK PEOPLE do... which is why race is not a social construct and likely explain many of our extreme differences physically and mentally with sub-Saharan Africans in particular.
It is true, Africans show little trace of Neanderthal genes. Their color difference is specifically an evolutionary development to protect tthe hem from absorbing too much Vitamin D from the sun. Have you ever noticed some really dark Negros with a dry dark gray color. Some probably also have less skin oil to also reduce the amount of oil on the skin to produce Vitamin D. In fact these differences most likely explain the 2 and 1/2 excess of Black deaths over that of whites. In fact the failure of our government under either administration to urge people, especial black people, and especially in the north and in the winter, borders on criminal negligence.
It was recently announced that 10,000 ya British people in coastal areas had dark skin. THey would have had access to a seafood diet rich in Vitamin D. It is speculated that the Neanderthals were very fair and may have been blue-eyed redheads like my husband. This is called the “Ginger Gene” and found in about 40% of people in Scotland and northern Ireland. Having lived in many inland places in Europe they would have needed to be able to absorb more Vitamin D to maintain strong bones and wide hips in females for childbirth. The reason that “Gentlemen prefer blonds” is that they often had better hip structure for childbearing.