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Humans are not primarily photosynthetic. Plants are. Plants use sunlight to synthesize chemicals that they need. They do not eat. Humans, in comparison, are omnivorous. We eat food to gain energy, so we do not need photosynthetic skin. However, we humans do synthesize vitamin D with the help of sunlight, so to that small extent we do engage in photosynthesis.

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