Blue eyes have captivated humans for centuries - but how did this rare eye colour come about, and why are people with blue ...

A pioneering genetic study by Dr Hans Eiberg and his colleagues at the University of Copenhagen has traced the lineage of all ...

From iconic historical figures to Hollywood stars - blue eyes have always been 'in'. Yet, few will have guessed they ...

Blue eyes are caused by a gene mutation. For years, researchers had searched for it on the OCA2 gene. The OCA2 gene determines how much brown pigment is in our eyes. But what they were looking for ...

For a long time, all humans had brown eyes, until one northern European with a genetic mutation brought a whole new look to the human eyeball. To this day, every blue-eyed person is a descendant ...