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?

Everyone has likely observed that the skin color of newborns appears relatively uniform at birth, yet undergoes a change ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lack of diversity in dermatology leads to misdiagnosis of skin conditions in patients with skin of color.

(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 ...

Skin color is an adaptive trait by humans who migrated out of Africa 100,000 years ago. Dr. Nina Jablonski, professor of anthropology at Penn State & author, The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin ...

This article is a continuation of last week’s story that looked at the evolution of human skin color. To review, the first humans had light skin that was covered in hair all over their bodies. These ...

Baylor Medicine Dermatology has opened the Skin of Color Clinic, housed at the Jamail Specialty Care Center. The clinic provides personalized and culturally sensitive care to patients of all ...