Study Suggests Red Hair Is a Sign of Human Evolution
The study focused on characteristics of West Eurasians over several thousand years, seeking to understand how Darwinian forces couple to allelic effects and shape the genetic architecture of complex traits.
Red hair gene favoured by natural selection over last 10,000 years, study finds
The study revealed that the gene for red hair has been actively selected for more than 10,000 years, indicating that biological evolution has not plateaued as previously thought.