[Ansteorra] Fw: [scottishcouncil] Blame it on the rain: why Scots favour ginger hair

[Carolyn Young]

Interesting.

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Ever since Tacitus, the Roman historian, noted with awe the flame-headed natives of Caledonia, observers have wondered at the prevalence of ginger hair among the Scots.  Now a genetics research student has stumbled on an explanation based on another remarkable feature of Scottish life — the weather.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/genetics/article7053424.ece

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