Everyone has likely observed that the skin color of newborns appears relatively uniform at birth, yet undergoes a change ...

The Transformation of Newborn Skin Color Observations reveal that newborns often exhibit a consistent skin tone at birth, ...

(Special to The Root) — Skin color is one of our most important biological traits. Its many shades evolved as humans moved far and wide into regions with different intensities of sunlight. Skin color ...

In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how we genetically inherit skin color. Have you ever been convinced that you’re adopted because your parents have a radically different skin color?

Nina Jablonski was at the helm of researching skin color evolution in the 1990s. Since then, she's worked with other scholars such as Henry Louis Gates Jr. to give young students a chance to ...