(Special to The Root) — Skin color is one of our most important biological traits. Its many shades evolved as humans moved far and wide into regions with different intensities of sunlight. Skin color ...
In medicine, inertia can be a strangely powerful force, but Virginia Apgar never succumbed to it. She brought incredible energy to her work in anesthesia, neonatology, and dysmorphology (the study of ...
In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how we genetically inherit skin color. Have you ever been convinced that you’re adopted because your parents have a radically different skin color?