The textbook assumption is that when the first modern humans arrived in Europe, around 45,000 years ago, they quickly evolved ...

For most of Europe’s history, the people who lived there did not resemble the pale figures often shown in history books. New ...

University of Ferrara researchers in Italy have examined how European skin, eye and hair pigmentation evolved over the past 45,000 years. Findings indicate that lighter pigmentation traits emerged ...

Sexual assault and domestic violence injuries, like bruises, can be challenging to spot on darker skinned victims under the standard white light found in most exam rooms. New research shows using ...