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My understanding is that human-neanderthal interbreeding rarely resulted in viable offspring (though some did, and is where blonde/ginger hair and blue eyes com

• iotopper2014 12y ago
  Blue eyes is a more recent mutation [1]. Blonde hair has appeared independently several times [2]. [1] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080130170343.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080130170343.ht... [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/science/another-genetic-quirk-of-the-solomon-islands-blond-hair.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/science/another-genetic-qu...
• nnq 12y ago
  ...where do you have that "understanding" from?! Are there any actual information about the 'Homo sapiens sapiens' <-> 'Homo sapiens neanderthalensis' contact and relationship or are you just spreading someone's wild guesses?
  • a8da6b0c91d 12y ago
    Most Europeans have Neanderthal genes. http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2014/04/neandertals-gave-europeans-lipid.html http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2014/04/neandertals-gave-europe...
• arethuza 12y ago
  As a Scot I might be a bit touchy about this (Scots have the highest proportion of redheads and I carry the gene even though my hair and eyes are very dark): "A DNA study has concluded that some Neanderthals also had red hair, although the mutation responsible for this differs from that which causes red hair in modern humans." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hair#Origins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hair#Origins