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Future Humans Will All Look Brazilian, Researcher Says
Business Insider ^ | 09/19/2012 | Natalie Wolchover

Posted on 09/19/2012 11:09:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

It really happened: Six generations of inbreeding spanning the years 1800 to 1960 caused an isolated population of humans living in the hills of Kentucky to become blue-skinned.

The startlingly blue people, all descendants of a French immigrant named Martin Fugate and still living near his original settlement on the banks of Troublesome Creek when hematologists studied them in the 1960s, turned out to have a rare blood condition called methemoglobinemia. A recessive gene was pairing with itself to change the molecular composition of their blood, making it brown as opposed to red, which tinted their skin blue.

The hematologists' attempt to trace the history of the mutant gene revealed a gnarly Fugate family tree, contorted by many an intermarriage between first cousins, aunts and nephews, and the like over the generations. Dennis Stacy, whose great-great-grandfather on both his mother's and father's sides was the same person — Henley Fugate — offered a simple explanation for the rampant interbreeding: In the old days in eastern Kentucky, Stacy said, "There was no roads."

It sounds sordid at worst and lazy at best, but in fact, the Fugates' tale is a miniature version of the story of human coupling since time immemorial. Local populations interbreed, causing a sharing of genes, a resulting in-group physical resemblance and, eventually, identification as a distinct race or ethnic group. According to Stephen Stearns, a Yale professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, before the invention of the bicycle, the average distance between the birthplaces of spouses in England was 1 mile (1.6 kilometers). During the latter half of the 19th century, bikes upped the distance men went courting to 30 miles (48 km), on average. Scholars have identified similar patterns in other European countries.

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TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: brazilian; humans
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To: bgill

“All are at attention.”

Well, a lot are, that’s for sure!


41 posted on 09/19/2012 1:07:18 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: trailhkr1
Eritreans are good looking people IMO..and most people in South America.....the blend of Spanish/Portugese and indigenous people is beautiful....

RIP to the good young woman......

42 posted on 09/19/2012 1:08:11 PM PDT by cherry
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To: trailhkr1

RIP, :( another soldier gone too soon :(


43 posted on 09/19/2012 1:10:13 PM PDT by wyowolf
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Are those men or women?


44 posted on 09/19/2012 1:12:30 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You gotta hardcase on your hands as I do.It will blow your mind the older she gets.Get ready Berlin.


45 posted on 09/19/2012 1:16:53 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: trailhkr1

Doesn’t make it ok. Their parents trust me. Do you really think that young boys trying to abstain until marriage and hold a Godly standard deserve to have stumbling blocks tossed in their way everywhere they turn. The boys will be boys schtick has destroyed many young boys and girls lives, not to mention what it’s done to the family simply because they’re expected to objectify women and lust over them and not respect them. And Christian conservatives just along with the ruse then have the nerve to point at liberals as ones who destroy the family and moral fiber of the country. You can’t have it both ways. (Please forgive typos here, my phone won’t allow me to edit for some reason)


46 posted on 09/19/2012 1:17:29 PM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: SeekAndFind

My wife’s friend is married to a man with the last name Fugate and they live in Kentucky. They have a daughter with severe autism.


47 posted on 09/19/2012 1:17:53 PM PDT by DFG ("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
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To: trailhkr1

I am very sorry to hear that.Prayers for her Mom and Dad.


48 posted on 09/19/2012 1:18:38 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: JennysCool
Good one matey!


49 posted on 09/19/2012 1:18:48 PM PDT by McGruff (Support your local Republican candidates. They are our last line of defense.)
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To: SeekAndFind

50 posted on 09/19/2012 1:19:31 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: reg45
Even in Brazil you can find very dark skinned people and very light skinned people; as well as hair color of all hues - that do not come out of a bottle.

Even if the majority of the world becomes mixed race and “looks Brazilian” - people mate assortively for a host of traits and tend to judge “attractive” by what their own family looks like.

Tests with rats and lemon scented mothers and amusing and illustrative.

In grad school a guy I worked with and his girlfriend (gingers) looked so much like brother and sister that when they kissed it felt dirty.

51 posted on 09/19/2012 1:19:58 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: trailhkr1

The opposing team doesnt stand a chance.


52 posted on 09/19/2012 1:20:16 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Travis McGee
What a weird racist thread. Hybrids can be beautiful ... average ... or downright ugly by the standards of the component breeds.

Seen some damned ugly mules in my time. As far as the mestizos of SA go, Paraguay Sí, Bolivia, No. And not everyone in Brazil is a 10.

53 posted on 09/19/2012 1:20:31 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Obama = Allende.)
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To: trailhkr1

However, post what you want, I just can’t refer FR in good conscience to impressionable minds or Godly men, I won’t disrespect them that way.


54 posted on 09/19/2012 1:20:31 PM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: SeekAndFind

The folks controlling politicians and global markets do have that wish, apparently. But the world doesn’t work that way.


55 posted on 09/19/2012 1:35:46 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: SeekAndFind
I dunno... this seems to be more the look that's emerging:


56 posted on 09/19/2012 1:40:05 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Kenny Bunk

Big amen to that.


57 posted on 09/19/2012 2:50:54 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

Seriously... who cares?


58 posted on 09/19/2012 2:52:39 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: trailhkr1

RIP, beautiful soldier.


59 posted on 09/19/2012 3:23:40 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (Nov. 6, 2012 - And the correct answer is no one is entitled to a bailout.)
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To: trailhkr1
Interracial kids tend to be aesthetic...

Yup! Love Chinese/White mixed women. WOW! It may work with other Asians, but the Chinese/Whites are the best examples I can come up with. My personal favorites:
Kristen Kreuk
Kristin Kreuk sm

And Geek Goddess Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn sm

However, if everyone ends up looking Brazilian, I could handle that, too. Adriana Lima is the hottest woman on the planet, IMO, and she just happens to be Brazilian.
Adriana Lima sm

60 posted on 09/19/2012 4:32:57 PM PDT by America_Right (Remember, Republicans have a lot more in common with Democrats than they do with Tea Partiers.)
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