Most Europeans could have dark skin for less than 3000 years.

Most Europeans could have dark skin for less than 3000 years.


A model of the cheder man, a person who lived in Britain 10,000 years ago, based on his DNA analysis

Susie Kiraley / Almi

A study of ancient DNA from people living in Europe 1700 to 45,000 years ago shows that 63 percent of them had dark skin and 8 percent yellow skin, the rest else between the rest. It was only 3000 years ago that people with intermediate or yellow skin started becoming majority.

Until a few years ago, it was assumed that modern humans who went inside …

(Tagstotransite) Genetics (T) Human Development (T) Ancient Human