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Redheads May Date Back 200K Years

Scientists find evidence of flame-haired Neanderthals

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 26, 2007 10:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – Redheads made up at least 1% of the Neanderthal population, scientists have found by extracting genetic material from fossilized bones. The analyzed DNA yielded a gene that controls melanin production in skin and hair. "We can't say anything for the actual fossils we looked... Read full story »

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