Will blondes become extinct?

The last natural blondes will die out within 200 years, scientists believe. A study by experts in Germany suggests people with blonde hair are an endangered species and will become extinct by 2202.

Will blue eyes eventually become extinct?

The blue eye gene is a recessive gene. If you don’t get blue eye alleles from both your parents, you will have green, brown or hazel eyes. Blue eyes will not go extinct, but there will never be as many blue eyed people as brown.

Is blonde hair and blue eyes a genetic mutation?

The blond hair mutation—or variant—is not genetically linked to any other traits, even eye color, Kingsley said, showing that none of our stereotypes about blonds are true.

Is blonde hair and blue eyes common?

As the population grows and people have babies, the genes for less melanin will become more common. That makes the link between lighter eyes, hair, and skin tighter. So that’s why you see people with blond hair typically have blue eyes!

Why do blondes have more hair?

Most people have about 120,000 hairs on their head, but people with light-colored locks tend to have even more. The reason? Blonde hair is finer than other colors, so the scalp can hold more individual strands.

Do natural blondes have blue eyes?

4. Having blonde hair doesn’t necessarily mean having blue eyes. It’s a stereotype. Although red hair, light eyes, and light skin do tend to go together, blondies can have eyes that are blue, green, brown, and more.

Why are some people born with blonde hair and blue eyes?

That is because of a natural pigment by the name of eumelanin increases in their hair. The job of this pigment is to determine the darkness of the hair. That is why children born with blonde hair and blue eyes might not remain so for the rest of their life.

Why are we blue-eyed?

In 2008, researchers discovered a genetic mutation that took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is thought to be the original genetic source of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today. The mutation is also in a gene responsible for the pigment melanin, this time in the iris of the eyes.

Why do we only see blue eyes when we have melanocytes?

If your melanocytes produce a lot of melanin, you’re likely to have darker skin, hair, and eyes. If your melanocytes don’t make much melanin you’ll have lighter color skin, hair, and eyes. But you asked about blue eyes specifically, not just light-colored ones. Well this gets into why we only see brown, blue, and green eyes (typically).

How rare is it to have blue eyes and red hair?

And when you meet a red head with blue eyes, you are looking at the rarest colour combination of all for human beings. Around 17 per cent of people have blue eyes, and when combined with 1-2 per cent having red hair, the odds of having both traits are around 0.17 per cent. That’s 13 million people, out of the 7.6 billion on Earth.