A 2007 segnala in The Courier-Mail, which cited the National Geographic magazine and unnamed "geneticists", detto that red hair is likely to die out in the near future.[33] Other blogs and news sources ran similar stories that attributed the research to the magazine o the "Oxford Hair Foundation". However, a HowStuffWorks articolo says that the foundation was funded da hair-dye maker Procter & Gamble, and that other experts had dismissed the research as either lacking in evidence o simply bogus. The National Geographic articolo in fact states "while redheads may decline, the potential for red isn't going away".[34]
Red hair is caused da a relatively rare recessive gene, the expression of which can skip generations. It is not likely to disappear at any time in the foreseeable future.[34]
Red hair is caused da a relatively rare recessive gene, the expression of which can skip generations. It is not likely to disappear at any time in the foreseeable future.[34]