Omg, is that my hair? How many times have you said that after you washed your hair, or combed your hair? I know I’ve lost count, but here’s a piece of information, even our preceders in the North have had baldness issues. I thought this was pretty interesting, I mean, the technology that is place today is phenomenal! Thousands of years ago, you could not even know what you looked liked, let alone the people who lived before, but technology has made this possible. So next time you shed hair, blame it on the climate in Canada. (The earwax, I’m not too sure about)
An excerpt from ABC News:
Scientists have pieced together most of the DNA of a man who lived in Greenland about 4,000 years ago, a pioneering feat that revealed hints about his appearance and even an increased risk of baldness. It’s the first genome from an ancient human, showing the potential for what one expert called a time machine for learning about the biology of ancient people.
Analysis suggests the Greenland man probably had type A-positive blood, brown eyes, darker skin than most Europeans, dry earwax, a boosted chance of going bald and several biological adaptations for weathering a cold climate, researchers report in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature.
The DNA also indicated the man had dark, thick hair — a trait the scientists observed directly, since that’s where the genetic material came from.
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