A study published in Nature Communications reveals the first documented case of blue eyes in a 17,000-year-old newborn from the ... The eye color of the baby suggests that the child's people ...

It seems a little unfair. The ladies love blue eyes, and babies already have a cuteness advantage. The iris is the muscular ring around the pupil. And its color depends on a protein called melanin ...

Go ahead and enjoy gazing into those baby blues (or greens, or browns …), but keep in mind that your newborn's eye color may not be permanent! There are no hard and fast rules, but a baby's eye ...