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Europeans Were Mostly Dark-Skinned Until Roman Times, Ancient DNA Suggests

Story by Benjamin Taub
IFL Times, April 2, 2025

Until relatively recently, the combination of light skin, blue eyes, and blonde hair was something of a rarity among Europeans. According to new research, dark features may have been the norm all the way up until the Iron Age, which is considerably later than previously thought.

Having originated in Africa, humans started off with dark skin, hair, and eyes, before developing lighter tones once they spread into the chillier northern reaches of Eurasia. The theory is that paler skin absorbs more of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, which is needed for the production of vitamin D, and therefore provides an evolutionary advantage in regions with less sunshine.

“We knew from previous data that the first occurrences of light skins were around 15,000 years ago in the Caucasus region,” said study author Professor Guido Barbujani. Speaking to IFLScience, he explained that the earliest light-skinned individuals were Anatolian farmers who spread across Europe during the Neolithic period and replaced the existing hunter-gatherer populations.

“The idea [until now] was that it was a phenomenon like spreading butter on a piece of bread. You know, there's a wave of butter that occupies the whole slice,” he said. However, the new study – which is yet to be peer-reviewed – shows that “it was not like that. It was more like a leopard skin, with occasional occurrences of light and dark skins here and there.”

"What we didn't know was that dark skins remained around until the Iron Age [...] Iron Age means the mythical foundation of Rome. It means the Trojan War." -- Professor Guido Barbujani

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