I recall reading an article which stated that there is no "red hair/fair skin/freckles" gene in the various strains of the human genome which migrated out of africa.
Since the genes controlling these attributes are seemingly connected, they could not have evolved in the short time since homo sapiens sapiens migrated to Europe.
The conclusion was that neanderthals were a bunch of gingers, and they did not disappear, but became modern Europeans through interbreeding.
Interesting, if true.
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