Nice Comment

Comment was by Mrs.B on September 4, 2022 at 1:14pm

I'm a freckly redhead, but my skin isn't pale. I'm darker, with the darker red hair colour.

Comment was by Doone on September 4, 2022 at 7:24am

light hair is related to the evolution of light skin, and in turn the requirement for vitamin D synthesis and northern Europe's seasonally reduced solar radiation. Ancient DNA analysis (ADNA) has revealed that the oldest fossil known to carry the derived KITLG allele, which is responsible for blond hair in modern Europeans, is a 17,000 year old Ancient North Eurasian specimen from eastern Siberia.

Geneticist David Reich said that the hundreds of millions of copies of this SNP, the classic European blond hair mutation, entered continental Europe by way of a massive population migration from the Eurasian steppe, by a people who had substantial Ancient North Eurasian ancestry. Ancient North Eurasian admixture is present in mesolithic fossils from Northern Europe, and is linked to the prediction of blond hair in stone-age Scandinavians by ancient DNA analysis

Comment was by Doone on September 4, 2022 at 7:24am

From Quora - Red and Blonde Hair originated in Siberia

Did blonde hair and red hair originate in Central Asia or Central Europe? Or is the origin of blonde and Red hair debatable when it comes to which continent it originated on? Maybe both?

RED HAIR

Well just a give example Contrary to what many people assume, redheads did not originate in Scandinavia, Scotland or Ireland, but in central Asia. Their coloring is due to a mutation in the MC1R gene that fails to produce sun-protective, skin-darkening eumelanin and instead causes pale skin, freckles and red hair.

Red on Russia is area of umurdts and is kazan turkic tatars.

As our distant ancestors migrated to settle the cool, gray climes of Northern Europe, redheads had a signal advantage over their darker peers: Their pale skin produced vitamin D more efficiently from the wan sunlight, strengthening their bones and making women more likely to survive pregnancy and childbirth. But the gene is recessive and thrives mainly in remote regions and closed communities such as Ireland, Scotland and coastal regions of Scandinavia.

Blond & fair HAIR

Comment was by Mrs.B on June 26, 2022 at 12:59am

They learn new things all the time, so who knows.

That was really interesting.

Comment was by Stephen Brodie on June 25, 2022 at 11:29pm

Were We Wrong About The Last Common Ancestor?

Comment was by Mrs.B on April 28, 2022 at 1:25pm

The anti-evolution crowd is gonna love this.

Oddly terrifying

They are evolving

https://twitter.com/i/status/1518612473800437760

Comment was by Stephen Brodie on March 15, 2022 at 5:03pm

Darwins Dangerous Biography

Comment was by Mrs.B on April 15, 2021 at 8:07pm

Interesting info.

Comment was by Stephen Brodie on April 15, 2021 at 4:07pm

An introduction to British Bats

With the Bat Conservation Trust, I just love it that there are people out there who look after injured Bats. Who knew.

Comment was by Stephen Brodie on April 15, 2021 at 3:23pm

Davy. Thanks, mate that was a fascinating article. The thinnest of their five fingers that make up their wing are just superb. Cheers Davy.

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