A 2007 신고 in The Courier-Mail, which cited the National Geographic magazine and unnamed "geneticists", said 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 또는 the "Oxford Hair Foundation". However, a HowStuffWorks 기사 says that the foundation was funded 의해 hair-dye maker Procter & Gamble, and that other experts had dismissed the research as either lacking in evidence 또는 simply bogus. The National Geographic 기사 in fact states "while redheads may decline, the potential for red isn't going away".[34]
Red hair is caused 의해 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 의해 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]
