A 2007 báo cáo in The Courier-Mail, which cited the National Geographic magazine and unnamed "geneticists", đã đưa ý kiến that red hair is likely to die out in the near future.[33] Other blogs and news sources ran similar stories that attributed the research to the magazine hoặc the "Oxford Hair Foundation". However, a HowStuffWorks bài viết says that the foundation was funded bởi hair-dye maker Procter & Gamble, and that other experts had dismissed the research as either lacking in evidence hoặc simply bogus. The National Geographic bài viết in fact states "while redheads may decline, the potential for red isn't going away".[34]
Red hair is caused bởi a relatively rare recessive gene, the expression of which can skip generations. It is not likely to disappear at any time in the foreseeable future.[34]
Red hair is caused bởi a relatively rare recessive gene, the expression of which can skip generations. It is not likely to disappear at any time in the foreseeable future.[34]
