Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback ...

University of Ferrara researchers in Italy have examined how European skin, eye and hair pigmentation evolved over the past ...

Glossy, thick and shiny with a subtle wave, and in a noticeably red-tinged chestnut hue, there was one hair transformation in ...

A recent DNA study challenges long-held beliefs about the evolution of skin color in ancient Europeans, revealing that the ...

A 2023 study found that Ötzi, the famous ancient glacier mummy who lived 5,300 years ago before succumbing to a violent death ...