Evolution of human colour vision opsins was increasing from 400 to 430. During this time, Ancestral Boreotherian had two long wave length opsins created by gene duplication, with one retaining the absolute max value of 560, equal to the ancestral value. This led to the creation of the modern human long wavelength sensitive, or red opsin. The other short wavelength sensitive opsin decreased its absolute max value to 530 and became the middle wavelength sensitive, or green-sensitive opsin. This occurred through mutations involving S180A, Y277F and T285A. The order that these mutations took place in the ancestral Boreotheria is currently not fully known. It is
Eye tests can this be deduced. Most organisms with colour vision are able to detect ultraviolet light. This high energy light can be damaging to receptor cells. With a few exceptions (snakes, placental mammals), most organisms avoid these effects by having absorbent oil droplets around their cone cells. The alternative, developed by organisms that had lost these oil droplets in the course of evolution, is to make the lens impervious to UV light – this precludes the possibility of any UV light being detected, as it does not even reach the retina. The retina contains two major types of light-sensitive photoreceptor