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All blue eyed people traced to 10000 year old ancestor: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-511473/All-blue-eyed-people-traced-ancestor-lived-10-000

• breck 17y ago
  Interesting. Thanks for the link. Although I'm not convinced from the results of one study, now I understand what the genesis of the original comment was. Evolution is a fascinating subject. I think it would be neat if all our schools taught 12 years of Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Evolution.
• KWD 17y ago
  What I don't understand is how they can say the blue-eye mutation occurred in one single individual. I would think it is just as possible that the mutation could have occurred multiple times, and thus there would be multiple origins to those with blue eyes. I did find a different source that would tend to support the randomness of mutations, and that also indicates that there are two different mutations that can lead to blue eyes, and as such, it is unlikely there is only one ancestor. http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=160 http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=160
  • frossie 17y ago
    Also, it doesn't mean the blue gene aids reproductive success - it might just be related to another gene that is adaptive.