Scientists Prove Gingers Are Totally Normal–Having Been Around for Millions of Years in Other Species

Prof. Maria McNamara (left) and Dr Tiffany Slater pictured at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork. credit Daragh McSweeney/UCC

A pair of scientists have found fragments of ginger pigment molecules in fossilised frogs which they take to mean that most famous of genetic mutations has been around a long time.

University College Cork (UCC) paleontologists discovered molecular evidence of pheomelanin, the pigment that produces ginger coloration, in the amphibians dating back 10 million years.

On a more serious note, the findings of…

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