Rapid genetic evolution linked to lighter skin pigmentation in a southern African population

Monday, December 10, 2018 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

Populations of indigenous people in southern Africa carry a gene that causes lighter skin, and scientists have now identified the rapid evolution of this gene in recent human history.

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