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Eye colour percentages around the world (i.redd.it)
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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

I imagine it's a recessive trait, so even if all the first settlers had it, most people a few generations down would not have it, only if there was an external force driving evolution, meaning people with other eye colours couldn't reproduce as well.