The study identifying the gene responsible for blond hair in the Solomon Islands, a nation in the South Pacific, represents a rare case of simple genetics determining human appearance, and shows ...

Does evolution have a soft spot for blondes? About 5–10% of people from Melanesia, a group of islands northeast of Australia, have naturally blonde hair — the highest prevalence outside Europe.

Though the indigenous people of the Solomon Islands all have dark skin, about 5% to 10% also have naturally blond hair – and a new study finds that the genetic quirk responsible for this is ...

The inhabitants of the Solomon Islands - east of Papua New Guinea - are very dark-skinned - but have puzzled scientists for decades with their blond hair. Now a genetic study has found that the ...

Dark-skinned, blond-haired indigenous people on the Solomon Islands have a gene that is unique ... "So the human characteristic of blond hair arose independently in equatorial Oceania.

Outside of the Solomon Islands, there was a brief fad in the 1990s, where already famous personalities like actor Wesley Snipes and former NBA star Dennis Rodman briefly dyed their hair blond ...

For several years, blond hair was attributed to Caucasians but the Melanesians of Solomon Islands are one of the few groups ...

Science can’t yet tell us whether they have more fun – but it has uncovered a new genetic change that makes people blonde ... Indigenous people of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific ...

STANFORD, Calif. — 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 ...