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An unlucky child born with a heart condition 17,000 years ago also had the earliest known instance of blue eyes. Based on genetic data from his remains, found in what's now Italy, "the infant most (flipboard.social)
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An unlucky child born with a heart condition 17,000 years ago also had the earliest known instance of blue eyes. Based on genetic data from his remains, found in what's now Italy, "the infant most likely had blue eyes, dark skin, and curly dark brown/almost black hair," University of Bologna archeologist Owen Higgins and team write in their paper. Science Alert reports: https://www.sciencealert.com/17000-year-old-remains-could-be-oldest-evidence-of-blue-eyes

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[โ€“] lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@ScienceDesk@flipboard.social

And yet the image is one of a white-skinned kid...

[โ€“] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

I think the context was "infant" or "baby" matched with "dark hair" and "blue eyes".