Neanderthal Infant's Blue Eyes

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First blue-eyed human, a dark-haired lactose-intolerant infant, found in 17,000-year-old remains

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A study published in Nature Communications reveals the first documented case of blue eyes in a 17,000-year-old newborn from the Paleolithic era.

The remains of the infant, discovered in 1998 , revealed details about his physiology, including dark skin, curly dark brown or nearly black hair, and blue eyes.

The child's blue eyes arose from a mutation in the OCA2 gene, which reduces the body's ability to produce the brown eye pigment melanin.

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