Solomon Islands Blonde Hair

The people of the solomon islands have their own gene that makes their hair blonde and it is not connected to europe in any way.
Solomon islands blonde hair. About a quarter of the melanesian population in the solomon islands archipelago has an extremely unusual trait dark skin with blond hair. This morning i went diving at a place called bonegi. This therefore accounts for the highest occurrence of blond hair outside of european influence in the world while 10 of solomon island s people display the blond phenotype about 26 of the population carry the recessive trait for it as well. It litteraly looks like these black skinned people have tinted their fuzzy wuzzy afro american head of hair in to yellow colour.
Many of them have blond hair and blue eyes something that has puzzled scientists for years. The solomon islands are home to people who possess the darkest skin outside of africa. 1 the melanesians migrated about 100 000 years ago to a sub region of oceania extending from new guinea island. 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 findings show that the blond hair trait is due to an amino acid change of protein tyrp1. 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. Dec 2 2018 melanesian people solomon island blond hair.
Or maybe i was just dazzled by these blonde haired solomon islands people. 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. This is one of the most beautiful examples to date of the mapping of a simple genetic trait in humans said david. See more ideas about melanesian people black and blonde solomon islands.
Lovely dark skin and bright blond hair. When spanish explorer álvaro de. Naturally occurring blond hair is primarily found in global populations with northern europeans descent but the melanesians of the solomon islands have become popular over the decades for their striking physical features. It was diving from the shore a few kilometres from the city center.