Map of Europe showing frequency of red hair
Map of Europe showing frequency of red hair
Cross post from: https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/114387144996151835
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There is no place with 10%?
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What, are you telling me that there aren't any red-haired merpeople in the lakes? Disney lied to me!
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Russia, huh? I like that chunk of Belgium, Netherlands, France that has it too.
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I thought some part of italy it was a bit more common for some reason.
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That red spot next to Ukraine makes me ashamed of my auburn hair :-(
Edit: curious why the downvotes?
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I wonder what that red spot in Russia is
I would imagine that it is linked to the rainward side of the Urals, which I would imagine have more cloud and so would promote a selection for improved Vitamin D production, as with Ireland.
Waaay too specific to the local environment, and honestly just too neat and logical. Almost certainly, some ginger dude really "got around" in the minor tribe that later became a local genocidal empire. Possibly all before written history began.
Humans basically just stepped out of Africa in evolutionary terms. Even Europe isn't a neat selection story like that - the white skin comes from steppe nomad invasions, while the blue eyes were from the original inhabitants, who had black skin.
Uh, the Northern latitudes have a bit to do with it, sure.
But you'll notice the northern most part of Scotland is still further south than the southernmost point of Finland, yet there's less gingers.
Do you know another thing which influences the prevalence of gingers?
Incest.