On the Evolution of Skin Tones In Africa
Most associate dark skin with African peoples, but there are a wide variety of populations who represent an even wider …
Tag Archives: skin
Redheads Can’t Handle The Pain
Kambiz here. I’m about to start my second term of medical school, which is both exciting and nerve racking. In my summer …
SLC45A2/MATP & The Genetics Of Human Hair Color
Earlier this year, I wrote a massive summary on the genetics of pigmentation for one of my graduate courses. I …
A New Genome Wide Association Study Pinpoints More Human Skin Color Alleles
Ever since December, I’ve been reading a lot of research about the genetics of human skin color variation. To date, …
NCKX5, a protein involved in the assembly of melanosomes and ultimately in skin coloration
I know Razib and I are both interested in how skin color is determined. Many different genetic loci have been …
New publications on Human Genetic Variation and Genome Evolution
It is not yet 7 a.m. and I’ve already been flooded with hot new anthropology related publications. There are so …
