{"id":20684,"date":"2023-12-26T12:18:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T12:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=20684"},"modified":"2023-12-26T13:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T13:54:04","slug":"neanderthals-had-fair-skin-blue-or-green-eyes-and-light-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/neanderthals-had-fair-skin-blue-or-green-eyes-and-light-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Neanderthals had fair skin, blue or green eyes and light hair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Neanderthals had fair skin, blue or green eyes and light hair\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p>DNA tests demonstrated that Neanderthals possessed fair skin, and at least some subspecies had reddish hair too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/complexion-different-skin-tones-hair-colors-women-fair-medium-olive-deep-skin-color-index_106796-1885913286423149636824.jpg?resize=640%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/complexion-different-skin-tones-hair-colors-women-fair-medium-olive-deep-skin-color-index_106796-1885913286423149636824.jpg?resize=1024%2C669&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/complexion-different-skin-tones-hair-colors-women-fair-medium-olive-deep-skin-color-index_106796-1885913286423149636824.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/complexion-different-skin-tones-hair-colors-women-fair-medium-olive-deep-skin-color-index_106796-1885913286423149636824.jpg?resize=768%2C502&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/complexion-different-skin-tones-hair-colors-women-fair-medium-olive-deep-skin-color-index_106796-1885913286423149636824.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fair tone is at the lightest end of the spectrum and is characterised by a light, porcelain-like appearance due to extremely low levels of melanin. While this type of skin doesn\u2019t tan, it is highly vulnerable to sunburn, even with short bouts of sun exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Neanderthals are believed to have had blue or green eyes, as well as fair skin and light hair. Having spent 300,000 years in northern latitudes, five times longer than Homo sapiens, it is only natural that Neanderthals should have developed these adaptive traits first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupedia.com\/europe\/neanderthal_facts_and_myths.shtml\">https:\/\/www.eupedia.com\/europe\/neanderthal_facts_and_myths.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cFdxtKInYf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/do-rh-negatives-have-higher-percentages-of-neanderthal-dna\/\">Do Rh negatives have higher percentages of Neanderthal DNA?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Do Rh negatives have higher percentages of Neanderthal DNA?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/do-rh-negatives-have-higher-percentages-of-neanderthal-dna\/embed\/#?secret=MtVCw9PfdL#?secret=cFdxtKInYf\" data-secret=\"cFdxtKInYf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Homo sapiens apparently did not inherit the whole light skin, light eyes and light hair package at once, but through continuous interbreeding with various Neanderthal subspecies in Europe, the Middle East and Central over tens of thousands of years. It has been confirmed that Mesolithic (Western) Europeans had blue eyes, but dark skin and dark hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8Abv1FeyFH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/rh-negative-facts-and-fiction-truth-and-contradictions\/\">Rh negative facts and fiction &#8211; truth and contradictions<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Rh negative facts and fiction &#8211; truth and contradictions&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/rh-negative-facts-and-fiction-truth-and-contradictions\/embed\/#?secret=pNKzSxRp9b#?secret=8Abv1FeyFH\" data-secret=\"8Abv1FeyFH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Neanderthals had fair skin, blue or green eyes and light hair\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Neanderthals had fair skin, blue or green eyes and light hair\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>DNA tests demonstrated that Neanderthals possessed fair skin, and at least some subspecies had reddish hair too. Neanderthals are believed to have had blue or green eyes, as well as fair skin and light hair. Having spent 300,000 years in northern latitudes, five times longer than Homo sapiens, it is only natural that Neanderthals should have developed these adaptive traits first. https:\/\/www.eupedia.com\/europe\/neanderthal_facts_and_myths.shtml Homo sapiens apparently did not inherit the whole light skin, light eyes and light hair package at once, but through continuous interbreeding with various Neanderthal subspecies in Europe, the Middle East and Central over tens of thousands of years. 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