:REDHEADS

 Origins
 Genetics
 Facts
 Temperaments
 anesthesia
 Redheads & pain
 Discrimination
 Intelligence
 Famous redheads
 Extinction
:ORIGIN
 Red hair is the rarest natural hair color in humans.
 The first human redheads walked this earth about 50000 years
ago in Africa and then spread throughout Northern Europe.
 Today, red hair is most commonly found at the western fringes
of Europe.
 Scotland has the highest proportion of redheads.
 : Scotland 13%/Ireland 10% /US-2 to 4%/France 0.03%. 
 One estimated data shows that in factuality there's only 1%
Redheads in the world.
 Redheads are said to be descended from the original tribe Irish
and Scots called the Picts, of Caledonia (Ancient Scotland ). 
Redheads are also said to have inherited their genes from
European Cromagnids and some people debate about
Neanderthals
 Other names for redheads : Bluey ,Bloodnut, Ranga, titian or
ginger hair
:GENETICS
 Redheads characterized by high levels of the reddish
pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the
dark pigment eumelanin that’s why red hair have a pale
skin and freckles.
 Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive
gene on chromosome 4.
 The gene HCL2 (also called RHC or RHA) on
chromosome 4 also related to red hair
 The alleles Arg151Cys, Arg160Trp, and Arg142His on
MC1R are shown to be recessives for the red hair
phenotype.
 Redheads have a high sufficient of vitamin D in their
body.
 Redheads are the most people that exposed to skin cancer
because they have a low concentration of melanin.
:FACTS

 Bees are thought to sting redheads more than others.

 In Denmark it is an honor to have a redheaded child.
 In Corsica, if you pass a redhead in the street you are
to spit and turn around.
 In Greek Mythology, redheads turn into Vampires
when they die
 In the late 16th century, the fat of a redheaded man
was an essential ingredient for poison.
 "Some "real" Redheads have "turquoise" eyes
(scientifically proven)
 Redheads tend to bleed more, due to slightly
different clotting factors.
 Redheads don't turn grey.  First the hair turns a
blondish color then to white.
 Redheads are said to prone to allergies
BELIEFS ABOUT TEMPERAMENTS:

 A common idea about redheads is

that they have fiery tempers and
sharp tongues.
 People with red hair are supposed to
get mad very easily.
 Red hair was thought to be a sign of
a moody temperament.
 Redheads are often portrayed as the
“fiery-tempered redheads”.
REDHEADS & ANESTHESIA:

 Researchers from the University of

Louisville, Kentucky, studied the anesthetic
response of women with red hair compared
with a control group with dark hair color .
 The researchers determined that roughly
20% more anesthetic was required, on
average, for the redheads compared with
the women of other hair color, a finding
that was highly statistically significant.
 The broader implication of this finding is
that different genotypes and phenotypes can
and do manifest different responses to
common drugs
REDHEADS & PAIN:

 Researchers have found that the mutation of

MC1R in redheads triggers the release of
more of the hormone that stimulates a brain
receptor related to pain sensitivity.
 Two studies have demonstrated that people
with red hair have differential sensitivity to
pain compared to people with other hair
colors,
 red hair are more sensitive to thermal pain
while another study concluded that redheads
are less sensitive to pain from electrical
stimuli.
: DISCRIMINATION

 The Romans kept redheads slaves and

at a higher price.
 Hitler reportedly banned the marriages
of two redheads as he feared their
children would be “deviant offspring”.
 At some point in history Brahmins were
forbidden to marry redheads.
 In France , to be redheaded is thought to
be a fate so dire that some women have
formed a “proud to be red” association.
FAMOUS REDHEADS:
 Cleopatra
 King David
 Elizabeth I
 Oliver Cromwell
 Emily Dickinson
 Willie Nelson
 Antonio Vivaldi
 Thomas Jefferson
 Vincent Van Gogh
 James Joyce
 Mark Twain
 Galileo Galilei
 Marcia Cross
 Julianne Moore
 Rose McGowan
WHY RED HAIR&BROWN EYES ARE UNCOMMON?

 Red hair and brown eyes are

uncommon because there is low
chance that the gene for brown eyes
will recombine onto a chromosome
with the gene for red hair and in
order for someone to have red hair
and brown eyes , they would have
to have two copies of the gene for
red hair and at least one copy of a
gene for brown eyes.
EXTINCTION:

 The story of redhead extinction work on

the mistaken assumption that recessive
genes -- like the one for red hair -- can "die
out.
 many news organizations reported that
Redheads will go extinct by 2060.
 Recessive genes can become rare but don't
disappear completely unless everyone
carrying that gene dies or fails to reproduce
 red hair is caused by a recessive relatively
rare gene ,expression of which can skip
generation .it is not likely to disappear at
any time in the foreseeable future.
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