From news.com.au:
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.
National Geographic says the gene at first had the beneficial effect of increasing the body’s ability to make vitamin D from sunlight.
However, today’s carriers are more prone to skin cancer and have a higher sensitivity to heat and cold-related pain.
No more redheads? Folks, this is far more serious to the stability of civilization than any of that global warming junk.
Unique, feisty, smart, sexy.
Blondes may have more fun but redheads have more sex, according to new research. The study by Hamburg Sex Researcher Professor Dr Werner Habermehl looked at the sex lives of hundreds of German women and compared them with their hair color. He said: “The sex lives of women with red hair were clearly more active than those with other hair colour, with more partners and having sex more often than the average. The research shows that the fiery redhead certainly lives up to her reputation.”
Q: What’s the true definition of a blonde?
A: Redhead with the fire of passion missing.
Less than 1% of the human population has red hair. Red hair is the rarest type of natural hair color in humans. Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a change in the MC1R protein.
While my own gentle bride is a natural brunette she has redhead in her blood. Her grandmother was a fiery, opinionated, stubborn redhead, character traits that were passed down to her. So while she may not be an “official” redhead she is certainly a Member of that Club. Even today she wishes her hair were red, and she’s looking for a redheaded grandchild of her own.
I suggest that all available men drop their California plastic blondes and do themselves a favor by seeking out a redhead … assuming you can handle one. They’re hard to find, and they put up a good fight, but think of it as protecting an endangered species from extinction. Global warming will then be the last thing on your mind.
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1 Bruce // Sep 7, 2007 at 11:44 am
If you had launched this campaign, say, 20 years ago, I’d have been all over it. You know, just doing my share for the greater good.