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Anthropology Blog — Phenotypes, Faces & Human Diversity
Essays on the science behind the game: how phenotypes were documented, why faces vary across regions, and what genetics says about human diversity. New articles are added regularly.
- GeneticsAugust 29, 20267 min read
Why Do Northern Europeans Have Light Eyes?
Every blue-eyed person alive today descends from one ancestor who carried a single mutation 6,000-10,000 years ago. Here is the genetics, the physics, and the evolution behind Europe's lightest eyes.
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- PhenotypesAugust 29, 20266 min read
What Is a Phenotype - and Why It Is Not a Race
Phenotype is a century-old scientific term for observable traits, not a synonym for race. The difference matters: clines, Lewontin's 85 percent, and how to read human variation honestly.
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