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The genetic traits for redheads are at the bottom of the barrel, seeming trumped by dominant genes. Only 1 or 2 percent of the population is ginger, leading to concerns that the hair color will die out.
But the ginger hair that came naturally to Prince Harry, Malcolm X, or Emma Stone has a stronger series of traits than once known. It will survive beyond strongholds like Ireland, Scotland, Jamaica, Morocco, or England.
An intense, hot fight: Within minutes of the call, Alaska’s “smokejumpers” are geared up and in the plane, ready to parachute into nearby burning forests and fight to put them out. They don’t know where they’re going, how big the fire is—or how long they’ll be gone.
Gender roles, upended: What archeologists thought was an ancient male ruler buried in an elaborate Spanish tomb turns out to be female, thanks to a new tool that helps decode ancient DNA to determine sex. What’s next? We challenge our assumptions about the roles gender played back in the day. (Above, a headdress on a 600-year-old skull of a sacrificed male child from Peru.)
Home on the range: Free-roaming American buffalo—descendants of the original herd—will be reintroduced to their native Blackfeet Nation tribal lands. This conservation effort is a landmark step for buffalo (pictured above by Nat Geo Explorer Louise Johns), which were nearly slaughtered to extinction about 150 years ago. “I can’t hardly describe the feeling that I have. I have this jittery feeling, goosebumps,” the director of the Blackfeet Nation Buffalo Program tells Nat Geo.
This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, Hannah Farrow, and Jen Tse. Amanda Williams-Bryant, Alisher Egamov, Rita Spinks, and Jeremy Brandt-Vorel also contributed this week. Thanks for reading!
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