Researchers from Stanford School of Medicine assert that 1 in 4 Solomon Islanders carry a gene for blonde hair that is not from Europe. Per the article:
About 5–10% of people from Melanesia, a group of islands northeast of Australia, have naturally blonde hair — the highest prevalence outside Europe. Yet people from the region have the darkest skin pigmentation outside Africa. Now, a study of people from the Solomon Islands in Melanesia shows that they evolved the striking blonde trait independently of people in Europe. This refutes the possibility that blonde hair was introduced by colonial Europeans, says Carlos Bustamante, a geneticist at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, and a senior co-author on the study, which is published today in Science1. "Blonde hair has clearly evolved twice," he says.
http://www.nature.com/news/blonde-hair-evolved-more-than-once-1.10587
Tags: Blondes, Jubinsky, Melanesia
Permalink Reply by Sarah Walton on May 3, 2012 at 7:05pm Neat! I've always been curious about my own blonde hair. Thanks!
Permalink Reply by Paula T. on May 3, 2012 at 7:07pm
Permalink Reply by Sarah Walton on May 3, 2012 at 7:13pm Seriously. That kid has a PhD in Cuteology.
Agreed.
Permalink Reply by Sarah Walton on May 3, 2012 at 11:19pm Only his hair dresser knows for sure!

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