A new DNA study reveals that dark skin was common among early Europeans for much longer than previously believed. Pale skin became prevalent only around 3,000 years ago. The research suggests that ...

This section of human skin shows a detailed view of both hair follicles and sweat glands. This is a fluorescently labeled section of embryonic human skin. The dark, diagonal slash through the center ...

What color were their eyes? Did they have dark or light skin? Were early Europeans blond, brown-haired, or redheaded? Thanks to advancements in genetics, researchers can now analyze ancient DNA to ...

Scientists analysed data from 348 genomes — the entire set of DNA instructions — from human remains of individuals ... between 13,000 and 35,000 years ago, had dark skin and 8 per cent had ...