@lichelordgodfrey @db @_Seraphim_ >melanocytes normally detect UV and produce melanin
>Can produce melanin when exposed to ionizing radiation
>Melanin can produce electricity when hit by ionizing radiation
>Unknown if it's two way communication

There we have our answer: Normal but probably also a bottleneck where the Chernobyl event killed off the animals with the weakest melanin response. Africa as a nuclear react making electric black people confirmed.