A study by “experts” in Germany says that natural blond hair will be out of the gene pool in about 200 years.
Blond hair, it seems, is a recessive, which means it needs to be contributed by both parents to make it show up in a kid. And if it was ever a reproductive success (i.e., men or women preferred to mate with blondes), that advantage has been overwhelmed by the “bottle blonde” set.
Of course, some of us are, ahem, getting “blonder” as the years go by. A really pale, even platinum blond … {ducks}
(via Blogatelle)