I READ there were fears the ginger gene had only 100 more years to go before it died out.
I READ there were fears the ginger gene had only 100 more years to go before it died out.
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Catriona Stewart on …
I read that, if you subscribe to the rules of natural selection, the red-haired gene should never have survived so long in the first place. So really, so it goes, the only explanation for the continuance of the gingers is sexual selection theory: traits with no obvious advantage survive because their owners are attractive and able to reproduce. Basically, gingers are still around because people fancy them.
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I READ there were fears the ginger gene had only 100 more years to go before it died out.
I read that, if you subscribe to the rules of natural selection, the red-haired gene should never have survived so long in the first place. So really, so it goes, the only explanation for the continuance of the gingers is sexual selection theory: traits with no obvious advantage survive because their owners are attractive and able to reproduce. Basically, gingers are still around because people fancy them.
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