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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Bryony Gooch

SHOCKING: Red hair becoming more common due to natural selection study shows - What They Never Told You

The number of redheads is growing due to natural selection, according to a groundbreaking new study.

Natural selection has shaped modern human genomes far more than previously thought, a study from Harvard University has shown, looking at ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia – Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and parts of Central Asia and North Africa.

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