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Some Neanderthals were red-heads

Ancient DNA contains clues about complexion.

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  1. Lalueza-Fox, C. et al. Science doi:10.1126/science.1147417 (2007).

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Ledford, H. Some Neanderthals were red-heads. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.197

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