Blue eyes may be better for reading in dim light than brown eyes

Blue eyes may be better for reading in dim light than brown eyes
Science

People with blue eyes appear to be able to read at a lower lux level than those with brown eyes

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People with blue eyes can read better in darker conditions than those with brown eyes, a small study has found. This suggests having blue eyes is an advantage in low-light conditions, and might help explain why the trait evolved in northern Europe. But the finding needs to be confirmed in a larger study.

“It’s preliminary,” says Kyoko Yamaguchi at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK, who studies the genetic…

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