Chemical effects of pigmentation variation
I lectured on pigmentation in my introductory class this week, and this recent news story is relevant: “Redheads may be at higher risk of melanoma even witho...
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Anthropology 105, lecture 7: Eyes
Out of all the lectures in the course, this was one of my favorites to put together. I return to the topic of evolutionary developmental biology, first raise...
Why do people differ in skin color?
The color of human skin is determined by the amount of two pigments, eumelanin and pheomelanin. These pigments are the basic ones underlying all kinds of col...