Neanderthals were pale redheads too
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Some Neanderthals may have had fair skin and red hair, giving them an appearance resembling modern Europeans, researchers reported Friday in the journal Science.
The researchers found the MC1R gene and used DNA analysis to find a variation that produced the same pigmentation changes as in humans.
It would have been an advantage for Neanderthals, allowing them to soak up more vitamin D from the sun in cloudy Europe.
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