In this morning's news, a DNA study revealed some Neanderthals aka Homo neanderthalensis, may have had red hair and pale skin.
Researchers analysed DNA samples extracted from the bones of two Neanderthals from Spain and Italy and it is estimated that at least 1% of Neanderthals had red hair.
According to Michael Hofreiter, an evolutionary biologist at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, who led the study. "They would have had lighter hair all over their bodies, like today's Irish redheaded people."
Hmm....I always wondered about the antics of Chris Evans, Prince Harry and the Duchess of York (aka Fergie).
Neanderthals 'were flame-haired'
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