Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among individuals is caused by variation in pigmentation, which is the result of genetics (inherited from ...

Despite the emphasis that humans have placed on skin color throughout history, little is known about its genetic basis. As The New York Times reports, most of what scientists knew of skin-color ...

The apparently striking phenotypic variation among human beings around the world can be accounted for by only an exceptionally small number of genetic differences. Genes that code for skin color ...

Modern-day genetic quirks linked to skin color, hair color and even nose shape ... also contains echoes from another group of extinct human cousins called Denisovans. Future genetic studies ...