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2008-02-02 Science & Technology

Blue-eyed folk are genetic ~~mutant freaks~~ kinda special

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Posted by Seafarious 2008-02-02 03:50|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Us blue-eyed persons are the latest step in the evolution of man.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2008-02-02 06:11|| 2008-02-02 06:11|| Front Page Top

#2 My first wife had the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen, same color as the autumn sky. Unfortunately that was her only redeeming feature. She once threatened to leave me if I got fat. I didn't, but she left me for someone with (temporarily) higher income anyway, and promptly gained 100 pounds.
Upon learning this, my second wife christened her "Jabba the Slutt" and I have habitually referred to her as "Jabba" ever since.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-02 06:25|| 2008-02-02 06:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Ima recall my beloved Peacher Pooh. 1 green, 1 bleu.

:<

Whooooooooooooo! Huskies FTW.

Posted by Chang Smith8113 2008-02-02 09:25|| 2008-02-02 09:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Dirty mutant Scandis.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-02-02 10:14|| 2008-02-02 10:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Blue eye colour most likely originated from the near east area or northwest part of the Black Sea region, where the great agriculture migration to the northern part of Europe took place in the Neolithic periods about six10,000 years ago. That is my best guess, he said. It could be the northern part of Afghanistan.

lol! So, in fact you haven't a clue. My "best guess" would be that it represents the time that an alien craft landed and had relations with the local townspeople.

Posted by Elminetle Panda5853 2008-02-02 10:32|| 2008-02-02 10:32|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 Dirty mutant Scandis.
Posted by: Excalibur

heh - sounds like someone's been visiting Ace of Spades HQ

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-02 10:42|| 2008-02-02 10:42|| Front Page Top

#7 My first wife had the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen, same color as the autumn sky. Unfortunately that was her only redeeming feature. She once threatened to leave me if I got fat. I didn't, but she left me for someone with (temporarily) higher income anyway, and promptly gained 100 pounds.
Upon learning this, my second wife christened her "Jabba the Slutt" and I have habitually referred to her as "Jabba" ever since.

YOU MARRIED HER TOO! Jeebus this is a very small world! :)

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-02 14:34|| 2008-02-02 14:34|| Front Page Top

#8 my wife & i both have blue eyes........based on the study we're distantly related somehow....ewwwww...

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-02-02 15:11|| 2008-02-02 15:11|| Front Page Top

#9 You two, and every other son of Adam and daughter of Eve, Broadhead. ;-)

Posted by lotp 2008-02-02 15:12|| 2008-02-02 15:12|| Front Page Top

#10 i was being facetious lotp ya wily rascal ;)

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-02-02 15:19|| 2008-02-02 15:19|| Front Page Top

#11 The daily double at Rantburg for us blue eyed Daves.

Posted by DoDo 2008-02-02 18:10|| 2008-02-02 18:10|| Front Page Top

#12 How exciting to know that it was a single mutation, although the time bracket is a bit broader than is usually determined by this kind of research, I would think. This doesn't say whether the mutation happened only once (doubtful), but only that the other occurrences were not preserved through successful survival of descendants to the present. This kind of research is pretty common these days; someone traced the male line of Cohens (the high priests of the Temple in Jerusalem, they also have names like Kahn, Spahn, Cain) to a single man who lived at the time the Hebrews supposedly wandered out of Egypt. I don't recall whether they were able to determine if his name was Aaron, though, which is disappointing.

Posted by trailing wife 2008-02-02 18:48|| 2008-02-02 18:48|| Front Page Top

#13 So we have evolved beyond the sand people of mecca.

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