Human skin color
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| 2021 | Ju et al. published a study addressing 40,000 years of modern human history, highlighting the complexity of skin pigmentation evolution in early human populations. |
| 2020 | Der Spiegel reported on skin color discrimination in Ghana, noting that lighter-skinned individuals earn more, and some pregnant women and parents use tablets and bleaching lotions to attempt to lighten their children's skin. |
| 2015 | Researchers analyzed DNA from 94 ancient skeletons aged 8,000 to 3,000 years old from Europe and Russia, discovering variations in skin pigmentation across different hunter-gatherer populations. |
| 2014 | Analysis of Mesolithic (7,000 years old) hunter-gatherer DNA from La Braña, Spain revealed a version of skin pigmentation genes not corresponding with light skin color. |
| 2013 | A survey revealed widespread use of skin-lightening products among women in Africa: 77% of Nigerian women, 52% of Senegalese women, and 25% of Malian women were using skin-whitening products. |
| 2010 | A survey found that four out of ten women in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, and South Korea were using skin-whitening creams, highlighting the significant market for skin lightening products in East Asia. |
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