Do you know anyone with red hair? I think it looks great. It is pretty rare though.
I do! I read where it only occurs in 1-2% of the population!
Is it true that there are more gingers in the northern regions? I thought I heard that somewhere.
Yes - it occurs more frequently (about 2-6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry.
I see. I wonder why that is. Perhaps there was some kind of evolutionary advantage to having bright hair in that area.
Red hair is also associated with fair skin color and lighter eyes.
I noticed that redheads do have pretty fair skin. I didn't know the correlation with eye color, however.
by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin, it is associated with fair skin color, lighter eye color, freckles, and sensitivity to ultraviolet light.
Cultural reactions to red hair have varied from ridicule to admiration with many common stereotypes in existence regarding redheads. The term redhead has been in use since at least 1510.
Geographic distribution.
Geographic distribution Modern.
Geographic distribution Modern Northern and Western Europe.
Red hair is most commonly found at the northern and western fringes of
So I've pretty much had it. I don't want to be the traveling medicine show where we go out and do the song and dance and someone else drops the back of the wagon and starts selling crap. I don't want our music to sell anything—or anyone else use it. There are a lot of middlemen, somewhere between the band and the audience. I know you need some people to help facilitate things for the live show, and I'm not saying that I don't appreciate these people