Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Redheads Going Extinct, Say Scientists

Less than 2% of the world's population has natural red hair, which was created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago.

Because of this, it's possible, say some experts, that redheads could be gone as early as 2060. On the other hand, if they want to save themselves, they should all move to Scotland. 40% of Scottish people are carriers of the gene while 13% of them have red hair.

Wow, I'd really hate to think there would be no more redheads. My favorite redhead is to the left. Yes, it's the HughesNet actress, Margaret Easley, and for some reason, my wife understands when I pause to look at those commercials.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where is the scientific reference to this?

Years ago, redheads, fair skin and freakles went together. I'm seeing this is less true. There are a lot of darker redheads who have darker skin.

Have you notice this?