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Posted by: 3X ( )
Date: May 04, 2012 01:33PM
halfway to "white and delightsome"? (link)

I don't know how strong the LDS presence is in the Solomons, but I wonder if they have incorporated this into local church lore?



http://news.yahoo.com/origin-mysterious-dark-skinned-blonds-discovered-181239858.html



The Origin Of Mysterious, Dark-Skinned Blonds Discovered

"Residents of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific have some of the darkest skin seen outside of Africa. They also have the highest occurrence of blond hair seen in any population outside of Europe. Now, researchers have found the single gene that explains these fair tresses.

A single mutation is responsible for almost half of the variation in Solomon Islanders' hair color, the scientists reported Thursday (May 3) in the journal Science. Most strikingly, this gene mutation seems to have arisen in the Pacific, not been brought in by fair-haired Europeans intermarrying with islanders.
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Posted by: Ponti ( )
Date: May 04, 2012 01:37PM
OMG..that's it, the BOM was in the Solomon Islands. Who'd a thunk.

"narrow neck of land." It all makes sense now.

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Posted by: Lost Mystic ( )
Date: May 04, 2012 01:44PM
Re: halfway to "white and delightsome"? (link)

That kid is cute!

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Posted by: Pil-Latté ( )
Date: May 04, 2012 02:18PM
I was just thinking the same thing.

Damn cute kid.

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