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All blue-eyed people have a single ancestor in common
www.businessinsider.com ^ | Sep. 21, 2017, 3:50 PM | Zach Williams and Jessica Orwig

Posted on 09/22/2017 1:55:00 PM PDT by Red Badger

New research shows that all blue-eyed people share a common ancestor. This person lived more than 6,000 years ago and carried a genetic mutation that has now spread across the world.

The exact cause remains to be determined but scientists do know that eye color began to change long before recorded history began. The following is a transcript of the video.

All blue-eyed people have one ancestor in common, born around 6,000-10,000 years ago. Blue eyes are caused by a gene mutation. For years, researchers had searched for it on the OCA2 gene. The OCA2 gene determines how much brown pigment is in our eyes. But what they were looking for wasn't there at all.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blue; blueeyes; dna; eye; genetics; ggg; history; nordic
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To: Darth Gill

O neg.


161 posted on 09/22/2017 8:50:11 PM PDT by gogeo (Trump appears to be working 18 hours per day while congress canÂ’t seem to get in 18 hours per week.)
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To: KyCats
It wasn’t a random mutation. It was genetic engineering.

Yeah: According to the Nation of Islam, it was a Negro genetic engineer named Yakub.

Regards,

162 posted on 09/23/2017 12:55:30 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
She's most well-known as being on the March, 16th cover of Playboy as the magazine rolled out its first ever non-nude issue.

She was discovered from her popular Instagram modeling page.

Sadly, it appears she is a fraud. Many of the modeling photos she presented as her own were lifted from other models' pages. Most depressing of all, internet sleuths have presented compelling evidence that her blue eye is nothing more than a colored contact lens.

Oh well...

163 posted on 09/23/2017 6:59:23 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: livius

And selection for carriers of the blue eyed gene, even as recessives, resulted in it spreading faster.
In a Paleolitic world, the pretty girl becomes the alpha’s mate even if in a harem, and some of her kids become alphas. Gene spreads a lot faster. All because she had striking eyes that attracted the king’s attention in a crowd of brown eyes.


164 posted on 09/23/2017 7:21:21 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: blueunicorn6

When I was 5, 6, or 7 I met the dog that played Rin Tin Tin. His trainer and the dog were at a motel in Los Angeles (don’t remember exactly where) spending the night. My soon to be step father was living in one of the bungalows at the motel. There was a large green area in the middle of the motel and I was out there playing when the man and the dog came out of their room to do their business. Of course I went....oooohhhh dogggg! lol Anyway, my mom came out and took me over there. I petted the dog and mom took pics of me with him. No clue what happened to the pics. Long gone.


165 posted on 09/23/2017 7:27:32 AM PDT by sheana
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale

Number 9: https://youtu.be/er2vm0AdGlM


166 posted on 09/23/2017 9:30:39 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Drew68

A fraud ? The contact may be a fraud (although it’s a remarkably believable contact, since colored contacts almost inevitably look fake trying to do blue), but that body ain’t. I’d be more than happy to console her for being naughty.


167 posted on 09/23/2017 12:35:47 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
poke around in that brown eye too much and it’ll prolapse

Used to be I was a pro at that stuff.

Then as the years passed I let my license lapse.

168 posted on 09/23/2017 7:36:14 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fightin Whitey

Eww, dude !


169 posted on 09/23/2017 8:07:18 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: upchuck

But he does have a sense of humor!


170 posted on 09/23/2017 8:18:20 PM PDT by MortMan (Irony is the opposite of wrinkly.)
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To: MortMan

So who’s gonna tell Him that His Rosie O’Doughnut and Lena Dunham jokes bombed ? :-P


171 posted on 09/23/2017 8:25:20 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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‘White, blue-eyed bankers have brought world economy to its knees’ (Brazil Prez to UK’s Gordon Brown) [2009]
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215910/posts

Brazil’s Leader Blames White People For Crisis [2009]
www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2215969/posts

Brazil’s ex-President Lula convicted of corruption
[13 July 2017 — another trial, different charges, started in August]
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40588992


172 posted on 09/23/2017 11:19:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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>> This person lived more than 6,000 years ago and carried a genetic mutation that has now spread across the world.

Because similar mutations are simply not possible.


173 posted on 09/23/2017 11:25:39 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Red Badger

I’m the only blue eyed member of my family. Both my parents and my three siblings (2 sisters/1 brother) all have brown or hazel eyes. Thru recent Ancestry DNA Testing BOTH my parents are my parents (LOL) as I have DNA relations from both parents families.

I am 1/4 Norwegian so it is likely from that, even though my 1/2 Norwegian Dad had brown eyes with dark blond/light brown hair. My Scottish/British/Spanish Mom had coal black hair with hazel eyes. All my siblings have brown eyes except me with my baby blues. Me and my siblings all started out with light blond hair as kids that got darker blond/brown as we aged, taking after our Dad and typical Scandinavian, but I was the only one with blue eyes.


174 posted on 09/23/2017 11:46:46 PM PDT by dsm69 (Boycott News Media/Hollywood Advertiwsers)
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To: Red Badger; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...

Thanks Red Badger.

The former (socialist of course) demagogue leader of Brazil was convicted of corruption-related crime and sentenced to 20 years in July. In August, his next corruption trial started. I hope the stress and strain of it doesn't kill him, I just hope he starts having heart attacks, because I know they hurt. I want him to live a long time in prison.

175 posted on 09/23/2017 11:47:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Red Badger

It would surprise me if one common ancestor only 6,000 years ago could be responsible for giving a half billion people a recessive gene. The previous theory of Neanderthals having fair skin and blue eyes for 500,000 years and then integrating with homo sapiens seems far likelier.


176 posted on 09/23/2017 11:58:50 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: SunkenCiv; Red Badger; All

Actually he was only sentenced to 9 1/2 years, and is the same age as President Trump. There seems to be a strong political motive for getting him convicted.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/12/former-brazil-president-lula-sentenced-nearly-10-years-corruption/


177 posted on 09/24/2017 1:10:41 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Ronaldus Magnus; Red Badger; SunkenCiv; Gene Eric; dsm69; tbw2; All

My late husband had intensely light blue eyes. He was red haired, pink skinned, big boned and very muscular. A weak chin and heavy brow, and short intense temper. After all this Neanderthal stuff came out I concluded he had at least 4% if not more Neanderthal blood. Genetically he was Scotch/Viking. About 40% of northern British have the “ginger gene”. I have hazel eyes with some green, some brown, and some dark blue. Both of our sons have deeply brown eyes. I need to check on the eye color of 4 grandchildren and the wives. I had a semester of genetics in college. Many do not know that there is a progression in the strength of gene alleles. I think that light blue is the most recessive, Asian brown next most recessive, and other colors less recessive but I don’t have a guess as to in what order. I have some Asiatic tartar blood from my Prussian German petit nobility ancestry on my mother’s side. What I think allowed the dark brown of my sons’ eyes is that they each got the recessive brown Asian gene from me (with the European genes providing my hazel color), and the most recessive pale blue eye gene from my husband which was submerged by the stronger Asian brown gene.

Regarding the rapid spread of the light eye gene, it could be from Neanderthals or a later source. At any rate blue eyes usually go with fair skin and fair skin especially in the north allows more formation of Vitamin D on the skin and absorption to grow strong bones and wide hip structure conducive to easy delivery of live children. It probably did not take men too long to realize that fair, wide hipped ladies had a higher rate of successful births.


178 posted on 09/24/2017 1:43:27 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: blueunicorn6

Seems like i’m related to Frank Sinatra....and 80% of the people i see on tv.

Oh crap, i’ve had relations with related women..
ARRGH!


179 posted on 09/24/2017 7:19:51 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: gleeaikin

The strong political motive was, he was corrupt, and found guilty of corruption. The fact that he’s also a racist doesn’t seem to figure into any of the charges.


180 posted on 09/24/2017 12:08:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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