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A Fishy Take On Human Skin Tones

A male stickleback from David Kingsley's collection at Stanford University. Scientists studying stickleback evolution have discovered that humans have very similar versions of the genes sticklebacks use to change skin color when they adapt to new environments. (Stanford University)
A male stickleback from David Kingsley's collection at Stanford University. Scientists studying stickleback evolution have discovered that humans have very similar versions of the genes sticklebacks use to change skin color when they adapt to new environments. (Stanford University)

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