East Asians who have migrated recently from India and Pakistan to northern areas of the United Kingdom have a higher incidence of rickets and osteoporosis than the general British population.This illustrates that
A) natural selection continues today.
B) genetic adaptation of environmental stressors can occur within one generation.
C) cultural adaptation provides effective shortcuts to the genetically disadvantaged in a foreign environment.
D) because of global warming, the lack of sunlight that people are exposed to in these northern regions is made up for by the intensity of the sunlight.
E) natural selection's role in determining skin color is a thing of the past, relevant only prior to the sixteenth century when massive migrations of populations altered the geographic distribution of dark-skinned people.

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The higher incidence of rickets and osteoporosis among East Asians who have recently migrated from India and Pakistan to the northern areas of the United Kingdom compared to the general British population illustrates that natural selection continues today. This is because the conditions (such as reduced sunlight exposure leading to Vitamin D deficiency) they are exposed to in their new environment are different from those in their original habitat, potentially influencing health outcomes and, over time, could lead to genetic adaptations in future generations.

East Asians Who Have Migrated Recently from India and Pakistan