There are a bunch of myths out there about redheads: Are they really going extinct? Are they more prone to develop cancer? Trace has all those answers and more. Read More: Simultaneous purifying selection on the ancestral MC1R allele and positive selection on the melanoma-risk allele V60L in South Europeans http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/09/12/molbev.mst158.abstract "In humans, the geographical apportionment of the coding diversity of the pigmentary locus MC1R is, unusually, higher in Eurasians than in Africans." Are redheads going extinct? http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/redhead-extinction.htm "In August 2007, many news organizations reported that redheads or "gingers," as our British and Australian friends call them, would eventually become extinct." MC1R http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/MC1R "The MC1R gene provides instructions for making a protein called the melanocortin 1 receptor. This receptor plays an important role in normal pigmentation." Why Redheads Are at Higher Risk for Melanoma http://www.livescience.com/39094-redhead-health-risks.html "The same genetic mutation that leads to red hair and fair skin may put redheads at risk for skin cancer, a new study suggests." Redheads may be at higher risk of melanoma even without sun http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/31/science/la-sci-red-hair-melamona-20121101 "A study on mice suggests that pheomelanin pigment, which gives rise to red hair, is itself a potential trigger for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer." Why Surgeons Dread Redheads http://healthland.time.com/2010/12/10/why-surgeons-dread-red-heads/ "As the authors of a recent study published in BMJ attest, society's red-haired members don't always get a fair shake. Hoary stereotypes, such as the idea that redheads are also hot heads, are mixed together with actual physiological differences — such as a heightened sensitivity to pain. Now science is getting a better understanding of redheaded physiology than ever before." 'Ginger gene' developed after humans moved to colder climate 50,000 years ago http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10319859/Ginger-gene-developed-after-humans-moved-to-colder-climate-50000-years-ago.html "Fair skin and red hair first appeared around the time people settled in Europe and still remains a dominant gene in southern Europeans today, even if they become tanned." Check out more about the ginger gene on I F#!&king Love Science: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfAKoV6DaP4 Watch More: Is Anorexia Genetic?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWHqDlDDYo0 Changing Your Genes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5DU9lgbsSE What Are Sea Monkeys?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AZJRpj3KHA ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook http://facebook.com/dnews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com
Jimmy Stephen: I hate my life
Bobby Harper: Why they moved to Europe and lived next door to the Neanderthal and their genes mutated to make them look different. Imagine that.
iFreckz: i love how in 2005 everyone said redheads were going extinct and i was born in 2005 lol
alyssa schnitzius: Redhead fact you did not know. As a redhead I beg to differ
AlexMANder Hamington: If you ever call a redhead soulless you are literally HEARTLESS. I have red hair, and yes I was called soulless many times which lowered my self esteem and being the only red head in the middle school. So stop calling us that just because our hair is a different color than yours.
Julia Caldwell: I'm seriously questioning my life rn because my mother has brown hair and I don't even remember if my dad has red so? Should I be concerned here
Key Bills/Atrostic: They're fucking ugly
Melvin Faems: i get hard for red
Oasis Warrior: I am a natural red head
Ryleigh Jones: im a proud redhead
Orion Barker: I have dark brown hair and Hazel eyes but I am realy pale .......why?
Paul Haig: Gingers will beat your ass
Julia Baldwin: yay! I have red hair but dark brown eyes. Not all red heads are green eyed freckled "gingers".
Lannisarah Ellis: and also, if you have blue eyes, accompanied by red hair, you make up less than 1% of the population with the rarest hair and eye colour combination in the world (albinos don't count, search it up if u must) and if on top of that, you are left handed, than you are SUPER ULTRA rare. I have the blue eyes, tho I am right handed, I suck at my left lol. thumbs up if you have all three of these traits!
Lannisarah Ellis: I did research on red heads (cuz I was curious why my hair is considered a mutation) and have found that red heads can make their own vitamin d, feel more pain from thermal items (hot water) but have been proven to feel less pain from electrical items... although from my experience, feeling more pain from thermal items isn't a happy thing. at all.
Sarah Welisch: I also have freckles
Sarah Welisch: Im a read head with blue eyes
LuckeeManiac: 1:29 😳
Basketball Handles: there's this red head in my class Sam I'm crazy for she's so beautiful I don't know all the hate about them. this one kid calls her ginger
Recie Bartels: No people can have a red head if there parents are not red heads and I have Proof I am a red head but my parents have brown hair 😕😠😕😠😕😠🐱🐱👩👩
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