THE MYSTERIOUS LAND OF BLACK PEOPLE WITH BLONDE HAIR : Solomon Islanders.
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Pay a visit to Melanesia's Solomon Islands, 1800 kilometers northeast of Australia, and you'll notice a striking phenomenon. About 10% of the dark-skinned islanders sport bright blond afros.
The Solomon Islands is an independent island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu. It has a land area of 28,400 square kilometers and a population of 652,858. Its capital, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal.
This is the land of black people with this very dark skin and bright blond hair in at least 10 % of its population.
The common occurrence of blond hair among the dark-skinned indigenous people of the Solomon Islands is due to a homegrown genetic variant distinct from the gene that leads to blond hair in Europeans, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Globally, blond hair is rare, occurring with substantial frequency only in northern Europe and in Oceania, which includes the Solomon Islands and its neighbors. Its frequency is between 5 and 10 percent across the Solomon Islands, which is about the same as amongst most white countries.
Now many could be wondering, why are these clearly black people blonde?
Many assumed the blond hair of Melanesia was the result of gene flow — a trait passed on by European explorers, traders, and others who visited in the preceding centuries. The islanders themselves give several possible explanations for its presence. They generally chalked it up to sun exposure, or a diet rich in fish.
After researchers at UCSF generated genetic data from the samples. There is a single strong signal on chromosome 9, which accounted for 50 percent of the variance in the Solomon Islanders’ hair color. It was such a striking signal pointing to a single gene — a result you could hang your hat on. That rarely happens in science.
The majority of Solomon Islanders are ethnically Melanesian. Scientific results show that Melanesians share the genetic features that have been linked to the exodus of modern humans from Africa 50,000 years ago.
The purpose of making this video is to highlight the genetic diversity amongst black people from all over the world and it also helps deconstruct a Eurocentric view of the world in thinking about where blond hair comes from. Black people come in all shades of complexion, hair types, and many other phenotypical characteristics.
Pay a visit to Melanesia's Solomon Islands, 1800 kilometers northeast of Australia, and you'll notice a striking phenomenon. About 10% of the dark-skinned islanders sport bright blond afros.
The Solomon Islands is an independent island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu. It has a land area of 28,400 square kilometers and a population of 652,858. Its capital, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal.
This is the land of black people with this very dark skin and bright blond hair in at least 10 % of its population.
The common occurrence of blond hair among the dark-skinned indigenous people of the Solomon Islands is due to a homegrown genetic variant distinct from the gene that leads to blond hair in Europeans, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Globally, blond hair is rare, occurring with substantial frequency only in northern Europe and in Oceania, which includes the Solomon Islands and its neighbors. Its frequency is between 5 and 10 percent across the Solomon Islands, which is about the same as amongst most white countries.
Now many could be wondering, why are these clearly black people blonde?
Many assumed the blond hair of Melanesia was the result of gene flow — a trait passed on by European explorers, traders, and others who visited in the preceding centuries. The islanders themselves give several possible explanations for its presence. They generally chalked it up to sun exposure, or a diet rich in fish.
After researchers at UCSF generated genetic data from the samples. There is a single strong signal on chromosome 9, which accounted for 50 percent of the variance in the Solomon Islanders’ hair color. It was such a striking signal pointing to a single gene — a result you could hang your hat on. That rarely happens in science.
The majority of Solomon Islanders are ethnically Melanesian. Scientific results show that Melanesians share the genetic features that have been linked to the exodus of modern humans from Africa 50,000 years ago.
The purpose of making this video is to highlight the genetic diversity amongst black people from all over the world and it also helps deconstruct a Eurocentric view of the world in thinking about where blond hair comes from. Black people come in all shades of complexion, hair types, and many other phenotypical characteristics.
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