13 Fascinating Scientific Facts About Blue Eyes
Do you have blue eyes? We talked to experts to discover curious facts about baby blues, including whether your biological family is bigger than you ever imagined.
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What all blue-eyed people have in common
An curved arrow pointing right. You've probably wondered, why do we have the color eyes we do? It comes down to our genes. And scientists are really starting to get to the bottom of it.
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All people with blue eyes have a common ancestor
New research shows that all blue-eyed people share a common ancestor. This person lived more than 6,000 years ago and carried a genetic mutation that has now spread across the world. The exact ...
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The reason why all blue-eyed people share the same ancestor - and how the colour spread
Dr Eiberg's work identified a key alteration in the OCA2 gene - which manages melanin production - that doesn't make blue eyes per se but limits melanin in the iris. "Originally, we all had brown ...
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Everyone with blue eyes can trace their ancestors to a beautiful European coastal region
A groundbreaking genetic study led by Dr Hans Eiberg and his team at the University of Copenhagen has traced all blue-eyed individuals back to a single common ancestor who lived approximately ...
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All blue-eyed people have a single ancestor in common
New research shows that all blue-eyed people share a common ancestor. This person lived more than 6,000 years ago and carried a genetic mutation that has now spread across the world. The exact ...