All the dates I learned when I started reading about DNA keep changing. The way I learned it, the genes for lighter skin and blue eyes were both very ancient, going back almost to Out of Africa. Now, it looks like the gene for blue eyes came before the gene for light skin.
http://news.yahoo.com/7-000-old-human-bones-suggest-date-light-190422120.html//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js