CAUSE OF RED HAIR
RESEARCH IN BRITAIN The mystery of red hair, and why it is prevalent in certain families, may be illuminated as one of the results of •a survey now being conducted by British education and health authorities. An anthropometric committee is collecting data from all parts of Britain on the physical characteristics of school children. The effects of environment on physique wil> thus be further revealed. The committee's findings may explain why there are so many strongholds of the red-headed in Scotland, and why a vein of red-haired people runs through some counties in England and Wales, while in other localities the "reds” are as rare as albinos.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 382, 16 June 1928, Page 10
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111CAUSE OF RED HAIR Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 382, 16 June 1928, Page 10
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