Skin pigmentation

Those, who believe the British people were all white, can change their thought now as scientists have revealed that the man - who lived in Britain 9,000 years ago - had dark skin, blue eyes and dark curly hair.

Two white giraffes, an adult and a calf, were captured on camera in Garissa County, Kenya, by a conservation group.
The ghostly white giraffes seem otherworldly with their lack of colouring and markings.
Their appearance is a result of a genetic condition called leucism in which there is a partial loss of pigmentation.

Every blue-eyed person on the planet is descended from a single European who lived around 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, and who first developed a specific mutation that accounts for the now widespread iris coloration.

The use of artificial tanning beds by minors under 18 years of age should be banned by the end of this year, the Ministry of Health has announced.

A similar measure is in place in Australia and Brazil, while World Health Organization has classified these devices as a top-ranked source of cancerogens.

When Rosamere Fernanda de Andrade first held her newborn baby she assumed there had been a mix up.  Rosamere and ex-husband, Joao, are both black – but their daughter, Ruth, had white skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. But it was no mistake – Ruth, suffers from a rare generic condition called albinism and has no skin pigment.

A Thai company pulled an advert for skin lightening pills on Jan. 8 following an outcry on social media over a product sold with the tagline "white makes you a winner."

It is the latest marketing gaffe to draw accusations of racism in a kingdom obsessed with skin color.

The UN human rights chief on March 10 strongly condemned a surge in attacks in east Africa on albinos, whose body parts are often used for witchcraft.
      
The statement came after police in Tanzania arrested seven suspects over a brutal weekend assault in which a six-year-old albino boy's hand was hacked off with a machete.