Scientist Suggests Cancer Drove Skin Color Evolution

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 21:30 in Biology & Nature

Skin cancer could have driven the evolution of dark skin in humans, a study of people with albinism in modern Africa suggests.Albinism is an inherited disorder that prevents people from making melanin, a black or brown pigment.    

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