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Gingers extinct in 100 years, say scientists
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Posted on 08/23/2007 5:38:41 AM PDT by Republican Red
REDHEADS are becoming rarer and could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists.
The current National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world's population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago.
Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own.
It takes only one red-haired parent to produce ginger-headed babies, but two redheads obviously create a much stronger possibility.
If the gingers really want to save themselves they should move to Scotland.
An estimated 40 per cent of Scots carry the red gene and 13 per cent actually have red hair.
Some experts say that redheads could be gone as early as 2060, but others say the gene can be dormant for generations before returning.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dna; freckles; gingergene; helixmakemineadouble; redhair; redheads; scotland
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To: freepertoo
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To: freepertoo
Oops, sorry. One last try. Then I quit!!
To: Republican Red
I think something like 5% of Jews are naturally redheaded. That’s how King David came to acquire his ruddy appearance.
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posted on
08/23/2007 7:44:54 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: Exeter
You'r right about that!
104
posted on
08/23/2007 7:44:57 AM PDT
by
PBRSTREETGANG
(Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
To: Republican Red
105
posted on
08/23/2007 7:46:59 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: DCPatriot
106
posted on
08/23/2007 7:48:03 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Fred Thompson once set fire to a crowd of liberals simply by puffing his cigar and staring real hard)
To: Republican Red
107
posted on
08/23/2007 7:53:48 AM PDT
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: TheRake
The age old question, Ginger or Mary Ann? I prefer Mary Ann, anyway. At my age, Mrs. Howell ain't looking too bad either. ;~))
108
posted on
08/23/2007 7:57:26 AM PDT
by
Ditto
(Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
To: djf
She's
Allison Smith, famous for being in 80s sitcom "Kate and Allie."
109
posted on
08/23/2007 8:03:25 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: dangus; KarlInOhio
Wow,
I are one too
and didn't know that.
I have noticed that red fades (and thins) faster than other colors do, at least in my family. I always thought that was simply because there was less pigment to begin with.
110
posted on
08/23/2007 8:06:42 AM PDT
by
norton
To: Jeff F
Well, if we're including glaringly fake redheads.
111
posted on
08/23/2007 8:08:02 AM PDT
by
PBRSTREETGANG
(Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
To: KarlInOhio; dangus
Oops, posted too soon:
Thanks.
112
posted on
08/23/2007 8:08:19 AM PDT
by
norton
To: GraniteStateConservative
I’m a complete sucker for large, wide set blue eyes and cheekbones...
Makes me mumble and stutter and bump into things for a couple hours at a time...
113
posted on
08/23/2007 8:10:48 AM PDT
by
djf
(America welcomes immigrants! Sadly, America welcomes crimmigrants even more...)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
oops, I knew I should have said “bottle.”
114
posted on
08/23/2007 8:13:49 AM PDT
by
AnnGora
(Where do you hail from when it's not raining?)
To: coop71
115
posted on
08/23/2007 8:18:09 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: djf
116
posted on
08/23/2007 8:19:26 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Jeff F
117
posted on
08/23/2007 8:22:38 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution ? 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Jeff F
I like my red heads with a pulse, thank you.
118
posted on
08/23/2007 8:24:55 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: Republican Red
Didn’t we hear this about blondes a year or so ago? I think somebody is having a lot fun pulling our-——hair.
To: GraniteStateConservative
Is there one that didn’t come out? The last one I could see was Tori Amos, a deeply disturbed, deeply disturbing alt-rock singer. From Dr. Laura’s top ten ways to determine if your teenaged daughter is having emotional problems (paraphrased from memory, a decade later): “She has all of Tori Amos’ albums.) She’s not that pretty, either; it’s mostly the result of great camerawork.
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posted on
08/23/2007 8:29:50 AM PDT
by
dangus
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