In 2015, for example, a study of ancient DNA found that while individuals in northern Europe had pale skin, hair and eyes around 8,500 years ago, humans in the regions of Spain, Luxembourg and ...

Meanwhile, Black people with darker skin face harsher prison sentences than those with light skin, according to research published by the University of Chicago. And Northwestern’s recent study ...

Researchers from Northwestern University surveyed 455 people ... they’ve experienced colorism in their lives — which is discrimination or prejudice against individuals with a dark skin tone.

“People have thought it was just light skin that has been evolving,” says Tishkoff. “I think dark skin continues to evolve as well.” Research into the genetics of skin tone and other ...