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2006-02-28 Europe

Cavegirls were first blondes to have fun

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Posted by tipper 2006-02-28 18:39|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 **cough**bullshit**cough**
Men with screw any women they have access to. Try this: high melanin is not necessary for survival in cold climates, therefore blondes and reds have as much chance for survival in cold climates (actually slighly more since light colors radiate less heat). Now give me my PhD and a large NIH grant for a hands on study of breast size vs mating success.

Posted by ed 2006-02-28 19:29|| 2006-02-28 19:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh yeah, it's the blonde hair. That's it. Yup.

Terpsboy, of course, heh.

Posted by .com 2006-02-28 19:33|| 2006-02-28 19:33|| Front Page Top

#3 So what about redheads? They were almost exclusively restricted to the British Islands. Numerous Romans commented on the many people in Britain with red hair, and that they had never encountered red haired people elsewhere.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-28 19:34|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-28 19:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Lightly pigmented corneas (blue, gray, green eyes), allow in more light and give better vision under low light conditions and less pigmentation (melanine) allows more vitamin D production under low sunlight.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-28 19:40|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-28 19:40|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm confused, phil_b - is that a request or rhetorical? ;-)

Posted by .com 2006-02-28 19:41|| 2006-02-28 19:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Dang commas.

So, what

So what,

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-28 19:43|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-28 19:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Thanks .com. I want to hire her as my reseach assistant.

Posted by ed 2006-02-28 19:48|| 2006-02-28 19:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Phil, what did the Romans have to say about the freckles?

Posted by ed 2006-02-28 19:50|| 2006-02-28 19:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Just one, ed? Clinton needs dozens... sure you don't want some more? A redhead, brunette, and jet black would complete the set, heh.

BTW - you deserve the PhD. ;-)

Posted by .com 2006-02-28 19:51|| 2006-02-28 19:51|| Front Page Top

#10 They were almost exclusively restricted to the British Islands.

I thought there were redheads in Mesopotamia and the Persian/Afghan regions, too.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-02-28 19:52|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-02-28 19:52|| Front Page Top

#11 The were also redheaded Celts on the Eurasian steppes. Mongolian food didn't agree with them.

Posted by ed 2006-02-28 19:55|| 2006-02-28 19:55|| Front Page Top

#12 One will do .com. Holding up those puppies for thorough study can tire out my arms. Clinton had a lot more practice with heavy lifting.

Posted by ed 2006-02-28 20:00|| 2006-02-28 20:00|| Front Page Top

#13 I agree. He works out all the time.

Posted by .com 2006-02-28 20:04|| 2006-02-28 20:04|| Front Page Top

#14 high melanin is not necessary for survival in cold climates, therefore blondes and reds have as much chance for survival in cold climates (actually slighly more since light colors radiate less heat).

Is that why so may eskimos are blue eyed blonds?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-28 20:09|| 2006-02-28 20:09|| Front Page Top

#15 Oh, okay, NS. You can have a PhD, too, heh.

Posted by .com 2006-02-28 20:14|| 2006-02-28 20:14|| Front Page Top

#16 #4 "Lightly pigmented corneas (blue, gray, green eyes), allow in more light and give better vision under low light conditions"
Corneas are not pigmented -- irises are. And irises are designed to control the amount of light by adjusting pupil size, not by having color.

Posted by Darrell 2006-02-28 20:23|| 2006-02-28 20:23|| Front Page Top

#17 Finding them required long, arduous hunting trips in which numerous males died, leading to a high ratio of surviving women to men.

And this differs from today how?
I never saw a race by the feminist to the dangerous jobs [miners, alaska fishing, etc]. Even some of the rare dangerous jobs which have some numbers show up [police, fire, military] they are greatly out numbered by males. We have seen a explosion of soft academic programs [not the engineering, math, hard sciences, the old agricultural/mechanical] largely filled by the females since the 50s. The tendency is that males even today carry the responsibility of group's survival in the dirty side of the house. How many social units survive first contact where the males practice risk avoidance?

Posted by Gromoque Glaish6758 2006-02-28 20:26|| 2006-02-28 20:26|| Front Page Top

#18 The mutations (X # genes) have to happen before they can be passed on. Some mutations, such as light skin, are so beneficial at extreme latitudes that they are almost universal and across races. Others such as blonde or redhead are about neutral to survival and propagate based piggybacking on other factors like conquest or high social status of the initial mutants (therefore higher survial rate, hemophilia and the royals sound familiar?) of the ancestors.

Blondes are a northwest European mutation, while redheads (another gene) showed up in another population. There is no requirement (or even much probability in such a small population) that either mutation must show up in eskimos.

Posted by ed 2006-02-28 20:35|| 2006-02-28 20:35|| Front Page Top

#19 it still doesn't make sense. if there were more men than women, the men don't get to choose who they mate with. In this scenario, ALL women are desirable. Thus, there is no differential selection favoring blonde women.

If the MEN were blonde, and that was somehow more desired, then these blonde men would be more likely to be chosen to reproduce.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2006-02-28 21:12|| 2006-02-28 21:12|| Front Page Top

#20 And then we sent Darwin to the showers in the 7th...

Posted by .com 2006-02-28 21:19|| 2006-02-28 21:19|| Front Page Top

#21 Heh -- Rantburg University at it's best!

Posted by Sherry 2006-02-28 21:37|| 2006-02-28 21:37|| Front Page Top

#22 Thanks for the correction Darrel.

The color of the Iris does affect the amount of light entering the eye, by a significant amount. Seen at its most extreme in albinos who have no Iris pigmentation and are often highly sensitive to bright lights.

Iris (eye) color doesn't seem to affect visual acuity in high light levels, but there is evidence lightly pigmented (blue) eyes are more sensitive in low light conditions and detecting movement in the peripheral vision, which would be a useful adaptation for a hunter in northern areas with their extended periods of twilight.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-28 22:20|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-28 22:20|| Front Page Top

#23 detecting movement in the peripheral vision, which would be a useful adaptation...

Or warning of the husband's return.

Posted by .com 2006-02-28 22:23|| 2006-02-28 22:23|| Front Page Top

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