Green eyes!

Green eyes in humans and are considered by many people to be very beautiful, very mysterious and very alluring. But why do people have different eye coloring and what is that puts the ‘green’ into green eyes?

Imagen de un ojo color verde - by propio - Public Domain

Around the world

It is known that there were humans with green eyes thousands of years ago in Siberia during the Bronze Age. Green eyes are more common in Europe and with people of European ancestry. In some European countries people with green eyes out number those with brown. Around 80% of people in Iceland have green or blue eyes. Green eyes are more often found in females than males in Iceland and this is also a worldwide trait. Green-eyed people can be found all around the world though they are generally of Germanic or Celtic descent.  Read more