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Monday - February 27, 2006 at 03:33 PM inThe Science of Being Blonde
An article I saw yesterday makes the case that blonde hair evolved as a way for women to attract mates at a time when men were hard to find. What can I say: it worked on me.
It was interesting to read, though, that natural blondes are gradually becoming extinct (according to the article, the last natural blonde will likely be born in Finland in the year 2202--an unnatural degree of precision which should have some science writer drummed out of the corps). It makes sense, if blonde hair evolved to attract mates, that it would slowly disappear now that anyone can have any color hair. There are some interesting questions to ponder. For example, as naturally blonde hair becomes rarer and rarer, will people start working to preserve the trait? Will there be a Society for Preservation of Blonde Heritage, which will engineer mating opportunities between people with naturally light-colored hair? When the last natural blonde dies, will she be stuffed and displayed in a museum, like the last passenger pigeon? Will future schoolchildren gaze wide-eyed at the astonishing variety of hair color people grew back in the 20th century? The mind boggles. Truly. Posted at 03:33 PM | Permalink | | | |