Blue-eyed people, listen up. Ever wondered why your eyes are the colour they are? Well wonder no more. Every blue eyed person is descended from a single European who lived around 6,000 to 10,000 years ...

A 2008 study was the first official research noting that a single genetic mutation from less than 10,000 years ago kicked off blue eyes. Fifteen years later and we're still enamored with the concept ...

As much as 80% of the global population is believed to have brown eyes, while only 8 to 10% of people worldwide have blue eyes, 5% have hazel eyes and about 2% of all people have green eyes. But brown ...

All blue-eyed individuals living today are necessarily descended from one individual. Such a framing must be weighed against the fact that every single human alive today is likely descended from that ...

Blue eyes do not actually have blue pigment; instead, they appear blue due to the way light is scattered in the iris. This is similar to why the sky appears blue. Understanding that all blue-eyed ...