Albinism in humans was followed by a mandate created by the United Nations Human Rights Council that appointed Ms. Ikponwosa Ero, who is from Nigeria, as the very first Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism. Albinism and other types of pigment mutations occur in both animals and plants. Albinism in humans Albinism is a congenital disorder characterized in humans by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. Albinism is associated with a number of vision defects, such as photophobia, nystagmus, and amblyopia. Lack of skin pigmentation makes for more susceptibility to
Archaic humans In this case the standard taxonomy is used, i.e. "Homo rhodesiensis", or "Homo neanderthalensis". The evolutionary dividing lines that separate modern humans from archaic humans and archaic humans from "Homo erectus" are unclear. The earliest known fossils of anatomically modern humans such as the Omo remains from 195,000 years ago, "Homo sapiens idaltu" from 160,000 years ago, and Qafzeh remains from 90,000 years ago are recognizably modern humans. However, these early modern humans do possess a number of archaic traits, such as moderate, but not prominent, brow ridges. The emergence of archaic humans is sometimes used as an example of