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To: ASA Vet
"where do you think the Irish got their red hair from?"

" From Neandertals, same as all red heads."

Red-Heads 'Are Neanderthal'

32 posted on 01/08/2006 4:05:44 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

Exactly


35 posted on 01/08/2006 4:19:34 PM PST by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
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To: blam

I'm one of those redhead/blond people with white skin to the point of opacity (truly, I'm about as "white" a person as anyone can be and I never tan, just burn, so I avoid the sun at all costs), green eyes, taller than the average female, but after reading the "Redheads are Neanderthals" thread, my long arms and long legs and high forehead/brow defy me as being Neanderthal. Other than that I have always been an incredibly strong person, for a female.

My Scot grandfather was the source, I am told, of my coloring because my siblings all have dark brown hair and blue eyes, as did both my parents.

I've always been curious about the Neanderthals, like many of us modern homo sapiens, and think that there's certainly some liklihood that they interbred with other species, rather than simply "going extinct" otherwise.

Thus, the persistence of my red-to-blond hair, and complexion...


51 posted on 01/09/2006 11:05:24 PM PST by MillerCreek
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